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Involvement of Leishmania donovani major surface glycoprotein gp63 in promastigote multiplication.
Journal of biosciences - 1 Mar 2004
Pandey Sanjeev, Chakraborti Phuljhuri, Sharma Rakhi, Bandyopadhyay Santu, Sarkar Dwijen, Adhya Samit
Abstract excerpt
The major surface glycoprotein gp63 of the kinetoplastid protozoal parasite Leishmania is implicated as a ligand mediating uptake of the parasite into, and survival within, the host macrophage. By expressing gp63 antisense RNA from an episomal vector in L. donovani promastigotes, gp63-deficient transfectants were obtained. Reduction of the gp63 level resulted in increased generation times, altered cell...
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