The characterization of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) generated from a cDNA library of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis amastigotes is described. The sequencing of 93 clones generated new L. (L.) amazonensis ESTs from which 32% are not related to any other sequences in database and 68% presented significant similarities to known genes. The chromosome localization of some L. (L.) amazonensis ESTs was also determined in L. (L.) amazonensis and L. (L.) major. The characterization of these ESTs is suitable for the genome physical mapping, as well as for the identification of genes encoding cysteine proteinases implicated with protective immune responses in leishmaniasis.
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
VOLUME: 102
Page Numbers: 707-11
Journal Abbreviation: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
ISSN: 0074-0276
DAY: 9
MONTH: Sep
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 04023-062, Brasil.
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