Exploring the FL-160-CRP gene family through sequence variability of the complement regulatory protein (CRP) expressed by the trypomastigote stage of Trypanosoma cruzi

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-266

  Mathieu Daudé, Françoise ^a   Lafay, Bénédicte ^a   Touzet, Olivia ^c   Lelièvre, Joël ^c   Parrado, Favio ^c   Bosseno, Marie France ^a   Rojas, Ana Maria ^b   Fatha, Salima ^a   Ouaissi, Ali ^a   Brenière, Simone Frédérique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^c Spanish National Cancer Research Centre ^*

Author keywords

Complement regulatory protein; FL 160; Trans sialidase like proteins; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY REGULATORY PROTEIN; EPITOPE; FLAGELLAR FL 160 PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MONOPHYLY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAMINIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 43049151796     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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