Functional characterization and subcellular localization of the three malate dehydrogenase isozymes in Leishmania spp.

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-85

  Leroux, Alejandro ^a   Fleming Canepa, Ximena ^a   Aranda, Alejandro ^a   Maugeri, Dante ^b   Cazzulo, Juan J ^b   Sánchez, Marco A ^c   Nowicki, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania spp.; Malate dehydrogenase isozymes

Indexed keywords

DIGITONIN; ISOENZYME; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIFE CYCLE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33746003944     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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