1996
Leishmania amazonensis:Cultivation and Characterization of Axenic Amastigote-like Organisms
Hodgkinson V, Soong L, Duboise S, McMahon-Pratt D. Leishmania amazonensis:Cultivation and Characterization of Axenic Amastigote-like Organisms. Experimental Parasitology 1996, 83: 94-105. PMID: 8654556, DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmastigote-like formsNorthern blot analysisDevelopmental biologyContinual cultureAxenic cultureMolecular biologyTransformation of promastigotesOrganismsDNA probesGeneration timeCultured amastigotesAxenic cultivationBlot analysisExpression levelsSpecies of LeishmaniaSpeciesProtein reactiveBiologyDegrees CFirst reportPeriod of growthAmastigotesPromastigotesLeishmania amazonensisCultivation
1992
Loss of the GP46/M-2 surface membrane glycoprotein gene family in the Leishmania braziliensis complex
McMahon-Pratt D, Traub-Cseko Y, Lohman K, Rogers D, Beverley S. Loss of the GP46/M-2 surface membrane glycoprotein gene family in the Leishmania braziliensis complex. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology 1992, 50: 151-160. PMID: 1542309, DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90252-f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGP46/MGene familyGlycoprotein gene familyMolecular karyotype analysisBraziliensis complexLeishmania braziliensis complexSpeciation eventsTrypanosomatid speciesPhylogenetic analysisCrithidia fasciculataLeishmania tarentolaeDevelopmental cycleWestern blot analysisLeishmania mexicana complexMembrane glycoproteinsKaryotype analysisBlot analysisL. braziliensis complexProtein expressionPolyclonal antiserumMexicana complexSpeciesL. panamensisLeishmania majorL. braziliensis
1985
Brazilian Leishmania stocks phenotypically similar to Leishmania major.
Pacheco R, Jaffe C, Grimaldi G, Marzochi M, McMahon-Pratt D, Momen H. Brazilian Leishmania stocks phenotypically similar to Leishmania major. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1985, 34: 1076-84. PMID: 3834794, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1985.34.1076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme profilesEnzyme electrophoresisL. mexicanaRestriction enzyme profilesL. donovani speciesIndirect radioimmuneNew World LeishmaniaL. braziliensisSchizodeme analysisL. majorMonoclonal antibodiesCutaneous speciesReference strainsSpeciesDifferent geographic areasMexicanaL. donovaniElectrophoresisLeishmaniaLarge panelSubspeciesBspRIMspIBraziliensisGeographic areas