Role of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis amastigote glycosphingolipids in macrophage infectivity

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 799-806

  Tanaka, A K ^a   Corin, P A J ^b   Takahashi, H K ^a   Straus, A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amastigote; Glycosphingolipid; Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis; Macrophage binding protein

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PYROXYLIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 34347348975     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000106     Document Type: Article

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