Leishmania-specific surface antigens show sub-genus sequence variation and immune recognition.

<h4>Background</h4>A family of hydrophilic acylated surface (HASP) proteins, containing extensive and variant amino acid repeats, is expressed at the plasma membrane in infective extracellular (metacyclic) and intracellular (amastigote) stages of Old World Leishmania species. While HASPs...

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Main Authors: Daniel P Depledge, Lorna M MacLean, Michael R Hodgkinson, Barbara A Smith, Andrew P Jackson, Saufung Ma, Silvia R B Uliana, Deborah F Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000829&type=printable
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