Deletion of Ubiquitin Fold Modifier Protein Ufm1 Processing Peptidase Ufsp in L. donovani Abolishes Ufm1 Processing and Alters Pathogenesis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Gannavaram, Sreenivas ^a   Davey, Sonya ^a,b   Lakhal Naouar, Ines ^a   Duncan, Robert ^a   Nakhasi, Hira L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GENOMIC DNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; UBIQUITIN FOLD MODIFIER PROTEIN 1; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOCYTES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84895768381     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002707     Document Type: Article

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