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Expression of a Mutant Form of Leishmania donovani Centrin Reduces the Growth of the Parasite
1 Nov 2001
Abstract excerpt
Leishmania donovani, a protozoan parasite, causes visceral disease in humans. To identify genes that control growth, we have isolated for the first time in the order Kinetoplastida a gene encoding for centrin from L. donovani. Centrin is a calcium-binding cytoskeletal protein essential for centrosome duplication or segregation. Protein sequence similarity and immunoreactivity confirmed that Leishmania centrin is...
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