Leishmania amazonensis arginase compartmentalization in the glycosome is important for parasite infectivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  da Silva, Maria Fernanda Laranjeira ^a   Zampieri, Ricardo Andrade ^a   Muxel, Sandra M ^a   Beverley, Stephen M ^b   Floeter Winter, Lucile M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; PUTRESCINE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLYCOSOME; GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBODY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CELL LINE; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBODIES; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 84859139079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034022     Document Type: Article

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