Arginase activity in pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Leishmania parasites.

• Main Authors: Alireza Badirzadeh (Author), Tahereh Taheri (Author), Yasaman Taslimi (Author), Zahra Abdossamadi (Author), Maryam Heidari-Kharaji (Author), Elham Gholami (Author), Baharehsadat Sedaghat (Author), Maryam Niyyati (Author), Sima Rafati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Proliferation of Leishmania (L.) parasites depends on polyamine availability, which can be generated by the L-arginine catabolism and the enzymatic activity of arginase (ARG) of the parasites and of the mammalian hosts. In the present study, we characterized and compared the arginase (arg) genes fro...