Leishmania Metacyclogenesis Is Promoted in the Absence of Purines

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Serafim, Tiago Donatelli ^a   Figueiredo, Amanda Braga ^a   Costa, Pedro Augusto Carvalho ^a   Marques da Silva, Eduardo Almeida ^a,f   Gonçalves, Ricardo ^a,b   de Moura, Sandra Aparecida Lima ^a   Gontijo, Nelder Figueiredo ^b   da Silva, Sydnei Magno ^b   Michalick, Marilene Suzan Marques ^b   Meyer Fernandes, José Roberto ^c   de Carvalho, Roberto Paes ^d   Uliana, Silvia Reni Bortolin ^e   Fietto, Juliana Lopes Rangel ^f   Afonso, Luís Carlos Crocco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 CHLORO 2 (2 FURYL) 5, 6 DIHYDRO 5 IMINO 1, 2, 4 TRIAZOLO [2, 3 C] QUINAZOLINE; ADENOSINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE LOAD; PROMASTIGOTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSYCHODIDAE; PURINES;

EID: 84866953699     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001833     Document Type: Article

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