Modulation of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin activity by a mitogen-activated protein kinase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1204-1218

  Mandal, Goutam ^a   Sharma, Mansi ^a   Kruse, Martin ^b,f   Sander Juelch, Claudia ^b   Munro, Laura A ^c   Wang, Yong ^d   Vilg, Jenny Veide ^e   Tamás, Markus J ^e   Bhattacharjee, Hiranmoy ^a   Wiese, Martin ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Rita ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONITE; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANTIMONY; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; AQUAPORIN 1; GENE DELETION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 84866052679     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08169.x     Document Type: Article

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