Article
Genetically Engineered Ascorbic acid-deficient Live Mutants of Leishmania donovani induce long lasting Protective Immunity against Visceral Leishmaniasis.
Scientific reports - 2 Jun 2015
Anand Sneha, Madhubala Rentala
Abstract excerpt
Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani is the most severe systemic form of the disease. There are still no vaccines available for humans and there are limitations associated with the current therapeutic regimens for leishmaniasis. Recently, we reported functional importance of Arabino-1, 4-lactone oxidase (ALO) enzyme from L. donovani involved in ascorbate biosynthesis pathway. In this study, we...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
