Molecular analysis of surface glycoprotein multigene family TrGP expressed on the plasma membrane of Trypanosoma rangeli epimastigotes forms

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-262

  Pena C P ^a   Lander, N ^b   Rodriguez E ^b   Crisante, G ^c   Anez N ^c   Ramirez J L ^b   Chiurillo, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

gp85 trans sialidase; Multigenic family; TrGP; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; CLONE; DISEASE VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PSEUDOGENE; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAMINIDASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA; VENEZUELA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 67650578607     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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