Altered expression, polymerisation and cellular distribution of α-/β-tubulins and apoptosis-like cell death in arsenite resistant Leishmania donovani promastigotes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 915-925

  Jayanarayan, K G ^a   Dey, Chinmoy S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Drug resistance; Leishmania; Sodium m arsenite; Tubulins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE SODIUM; BETA TUBULIN; DNA FRAGMENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARSENITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; POLYMERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; TUBULIN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042560162     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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