Molecular characterization of ribonucleoproteic antigens containing repeated amino acid sequences from Trypanosoma cruzi

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 716-725

  Pais, Fabiano S ^a   DaRocha, Wanderson D ^a   Almeida, Ramon M ^a   Leclercq, Sophie Y ^a   Penido, Marcus L ^a   Fragoso, Stenio P ^b   Bartholomeu, Daniella C ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^a   Teixeira, Santuza M R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Parana   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amino acid repeats; Antigens; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOPLASM; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 45849149186     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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