Glycobiology of Leishmania donovani

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-220

  Mukhopadhyay, Sumi ^a   Mandal, Chitra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti O acetylated sialic acid antibodies; Complement pathway; Leishmania donovani; Lipophosphoglycan; O acetylated sialic acid; Phosphoglycan; Proteophosphoglycans; Sialic acid; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIMONY GLUCONATE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LECTIN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LECTIN BINDING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOPROTEINS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 33745216446     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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