Expression and characterization of a recombinant kinesin antigen from an old Indian strain (DD8) of Leishmania donovani and comparing it with a commercially available antigen from a newly isolated (KE16) strain of L. donovani.

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Published in Infect Genet Evol on February 15, 2008

Authors

Ramu Sivakumar1, Ayan Dey, Pawan Sharma, Sarman Singh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.

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