Identification and characterization of a new Leishmania major specific 3′nucleotidase/nuclease protein

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-58

  Lakhal Naouar, Inès ^a   Achour Chenik, Yosser Ben ^a   Boublik, Yvan ^b   Meddeb, Mounira ^a   Aamouri, Ahlem ^a   Fattoum, Abdellatif ^b   Louzir, Hechmi ^b   Chenik, Mehdi ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

3 Nucleotidase nuclease; Leishmania; Purine scavenging pathway; Sandfly; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDASE; PURINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PURINES;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 50949091970     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.07.099     Document Type: Article

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