Genetic fingerprinting and identification of differentially expressed genes in isolates of Leishmania donovani from Indian patients of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Subba Raju, B V ^a   Singh, R ^a   Sreenivas, G ^a,c   Singh, S ^b   Salotra, P ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

APPCR; Differentially expressed genes; Genomic fingerprinting; Leishmania donovani; PKDL; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SKIN; TUBULIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 37249044858     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003484     Document Type: Article

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