Comparison of Cysteine Protease B Gene Expression between Clinical Isolates of Leishmania tropica, Leishmania major and Leishmania infantum

• Main Authors: Elham Kazemirad (Author), Hossien Reisi Nafchi (Author), Alireza Latifi (Author), Reza Raoofian (Author), Mehdi Mohebali (Author), Homa Hajjaran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Leishmania cysteine protease B (CPB) is a parasite virulence factor that plays a vital role in host-parasitic interactions. Regarding the importance of the CPB gene, we used a quantitative real-time RT-PCR to investigate the expression of CPB in the Iranian isolates of different Leishm...