Molecular variation in Leishmania.

doi:10.1016/0001-706x(93)90029-b

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Molecular variation in Leishmania.

Acta tropica - 1 May 1993

Moody S F

Abstract excerpt

The surface coat of the protozoan parasite Leishmania affords remarkable protection in the harsh environments encountered within the insect vectors and vertebrate hosts. It also provides specificity for the interaction of these parasites with the cells in the sandfly gut and with the human macrop...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antigens, Protozoan
Carbohydrate Sequence
Genetic Variation
Humans
Leishmania
Molecular Sequence Data

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