Genomic organization and expression of the HSP70 locus in New and Old World Leishmania species

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-377

  Folgueira, C ^a   Canavate C ^b   Chicharro, C ^b   Requena, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 UTR; De novo synthesis of proteins; Genomic organization; HSP70; Leishmania; mRNA stability

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FLAGELLATE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENOMICS; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LEISHMANIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 33846785274     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001570     Document Type: Article

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