Specific cpb copies within the Leishmania donovani complex: Evolutionary interpretations and potential clinical implications in humans

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Hide, M ^a,b   Bras Goncalves R ^b   Banuls A L ^a  

^a Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

COOH terminal extension; Cysteine protease B; Leishmania donovani complex; Phylogeny; Protein isoforms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33846821807     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001600     Document Type: Article

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