Confocal microscopic investigation of tubulin distribution and effect of paclitaxel on posttranslationally modified tubulins in sodium arsenite resistant Leishmania donovani

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Chavan, Hemantkumar D ^a   Singh, Gaganmeet ^a   Dey, Chinmoy S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenite resistance; Confocal microscopy; Immunofluorescence; Leishmania; Paclitaxel; Posttranslational modification; Tubulins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ARSENITE SODIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN;

ACETYLATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TUBULIN; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 34248161481     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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