Leishmania donovani singly deficient in HGPRT, APRT or XPRT are viable in vitro and within mammalian macrophages

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Boitz, Jan M ^a   Ullman, Buddy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectivity; Metabolism; Phosphoribosyltransferases; Purines

Indexed keywords

ADENINE DEAMINASE; ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MARROW; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME RELEASE; GENUS; GERM CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; GENE DELETION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PURINES;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33646926473     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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