Cysteine peptidases as virulence factors of Leishmania

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-381

  Mottram, Jeremy C ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^a   Alexander, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AMASTIGOTE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUKARYOTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4143091399     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.06.010     Document Type: Review

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