Transcriptomics throughout the life cycle of Leishmania infantum: High down-regulation rate in the amastigote stage

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1497-1516

  Alcolea, Pedro J ^a   Alonso, Ana ^a   Gómez, Manuel J ^b   Moreno, Inmaculada ^c   Domínguez, Mercedes ^c   Parro, Víctor ^b   Larraga, Vicente ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amastigote; Down regulation; Genomic DNA microarrays; Leishmania infantum; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CENTRIN; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOPHILIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H4; INITIATION FACTOR; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SYNTAXIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UBIQUITIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOMICS; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PARASITE; PROTEOMICS;

ADAPTATION; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHAGOCYTE; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEOMICS; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PSYCHODIDAE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 77957751346     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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