Inhibition of Phagolysosomal Biogenesis by the Leishmania Lipophosphoglycan

Whereas amastigotes of the protozoan parasite Leishmania proliferate inside acidic phagolysosomal vacuoles of the macrophage, vacuoles induced by Leishmania donovani promastigotes during initiation of infection are poorly characterized. Here, evidence is presented that interaction of these parasitop...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Desjardins, Michel, Descoteaux, Albert
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1997
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2196352/