Leishmania chagasi: An ecto-3′-nucleotidase activity modulated by inorganic phosphate and its possible involvement in parasite-macrophage interaction

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 702-707

  Vieira, Danielle P ^a   Paletta Silva, Rafael ^a   Saraiva, Elvira M ^a   Lopes, Angela H C S ^a   Meyer Fernandes, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3 Nucleotidase; Inorganic phosphate; Leishmania; Metacyclics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ECTO 3' NUCLEOTIDASE; ECTO 5' NUCLEOTIDASE; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 79951725193     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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