Molecular and immunological analyses suggest the absence of hydrophilic surface proteins in Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis;El análisis molecular y el inmunogénico sugieren la ausencia de las proteínas hidrofílicas de superficie en Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis

Biomedica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-432

  Marín, Marcel ^a,b   Aguilar, Yudy Alexandra ^a   Ramírez, José Robinson ^a   Triana, Omar ^a   Muskus, Carlos Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; blotting; Leishmania; Molecular; molecular sequence data; Polymerase chain reaction; cloning; Western

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; VIANNIA;

HASPA PROTEIN, LEISHMANIA; HASPB PROTEIN, LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 58149389600     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v28i3.80     Document Type: Article

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