The expression of HSP83 genes in Leishmania infantum is affected by temperature and by stage-differentiation and is regulated at the levels of mRNA stability and translation

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Larreta, Ruth ^a   Soto, Manuel ^a   Quijada, Luis ^a   Folgueira, Cristina ^a   Abanades, Daniel R ^a   Alonso, Carlos ^a   Requena, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 83; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HSP83 PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; HEAT SHOCK; INCUBATION TIME; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEADY STATE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 26444522312     PISSN: 14712199     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-5-3     Document Type: Article

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