A Leishmania (L.) amazonensis ATP diphosphohydrolase isoform and potato apyrase share epitopes: Antigenicity and correlation with disease progression

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-335

  Coimbra, E S ^a,c   Goncalves Da Costa S C ^c   Costa, B L S ^a   Giarola, N L L ^a   Rezende Soares, F A ^a   Fessel, M R ^a   Ferreira, A P ^a   Souza, C S F ^c   Abreu Silva, A L ^b,c   Vasconcelos, E G ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d ICB   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amastigote; Antigenicity; Apyrase; ATP diphosphohydrolase; Cross immunoreactivity; Leishmania (L.) amazonensis; Leishmaniasis; NTPDase; Potato apyrase; Promastigote

Indexed keywords

APYRASE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; APYRASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 39749193848     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003927     Document Type: Article

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