Searching for virulence factors in the non-pathogenic parasite to humans Leishmania tarentolae

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 723-735

  Azizi, H ^a   Hassani, K ^a,b   Taslimi, Y ^a   Najafabadi, H Shateri ^c   Papadopoulou, B ^d   Rafati, S ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Leishmania tarentolae; Non pathogenic; Pathogenic; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEASE B; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN 3; MICROBIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN A2; PROTEIN GP63; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMASTIN LIKE GENE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL GENE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LIZARD; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIZARDS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 67651183810     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005873     Document Type: Article

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