The role of surface glycoconjugates in Leishmania midgut attachment examined by competitive binding assays and experimental development in sand flies

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1026-1032

  Jecna, Lucie ^a   Dostalova, Anna ^a   Wilson, Ray ^b   Seblova, Veronika ^a   Chang, Kwang Poo ^c   Bates, Paul A ^d   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania; lipophosphoglycan; phlebotomine sand flies; zinc protease gp63

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; DIPTERA; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUTATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSYCHODIDAE;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS;

EID: 84878889915     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013000358     Document Type: Article

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