Temperature increase prevails over acidification in gene expression modulation of amastigote differentiation in Leishmania infantum

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Alcolea, Pedro J ^a   Alonso, Ana ^a   Gómez, Manuel J ^b   Sánchez Gorostiaga, Alicia ^a   Moreno Paz, Mercedes ^b   González Pastor, Eduardo ^b   Toraño, Alfredo ^c   Parro, Víctor ^b   Larraga, Vicente ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AQUAPORIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPHILIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; FIBRILLARIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 46; HELICASE; HISTONE H3; KHELLIN; MYOINOSITOL 1 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PTERIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TUBULIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN GP46 M 2, LEISHMANIA; SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN GP46-M-2, LEISHMANIA;

ACIDIFICATION; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77649335321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-31     Document Type: Article

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