Cathepsin L-like genes of Trypanosoma vivax from Africa and South America - characterization, relationships and diagnostic implications

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-51

  Cortez, Alane P ^a   Rodrigues, Adriana C ^a   Garcia, Herakles A ^a,b   Neves, Luis ^c   Batista, Jael S ^d   Bengaly, Zacharia ^e   Paiva, Fernando ^f   Teixeira, Marta M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d Federal University of Semi Arid Region   (Brazil)

^e Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur lElevage en zone Subhumide Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

African trypanosomes; Cathepsin L like; Diagnosis; Phylogeny; Population structure; Trypanosoma vivax

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; RIBOSOME DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

BOS; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 59049087821     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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