A small heat shock protein is essential for thermotolerance and intracellular survival of Leishmania donovani

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 4762-4773

  Hombach, Antje ^a   Ommen, Gabi ^a,b   MacDonald, Andrea ^a   Clos, Joachim ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alphacrystallin; HSP23; Infectivity; Leishmania; Small heat shock protein; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 23; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS, SMALL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84913582079     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.157297     Document Type: Article

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