Leishmania species: Evidence for transglutaminase activity and its role in parasite proliferation

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-102

  Brobey, Reynolds K B ^a   Soong, Lynn ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

2 N morpholino ethanesulfonic acid; Amastigote; BCA; bicinchonic acid; CS; cystamine; DDC; didansylcadaverine; FC; fluorescein cadaverine; Glycoconjugates; Inhibition; IodoA; iodoacetamide; Leishmania; M ; macrophage; MDC; MES; monodansylcadaverine; Parasite; posttranslational modification; Promastigote; PTM; TGase; transglutaminase; Transglutaminase (EC 2.3.2.13); Trypanosomatid; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CADAVERINE; CYSTAMINE; DANSYLCADAVERINE; DIDANSYLCADAVERINE; IODOACETAMIDE; LEISHMANOLYSIN; MYOINOSITOL 1 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADAVERINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORIMETRY; CYSTAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODOACETAMIDE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33748547684     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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