Inhibition of the respiratory chain results in a reversible metabolic arrest in Leishmania promastigotes

Jaap J. Van Hellemond, Aloysius G.M. Tielens*

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-138
Number of pages4
JournalMolecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Volume85
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1997
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
We thank Dr E. Pinelli (Department of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands) and Dr L. Oskam (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) for supplying promastigotes of L. infantum and L. major , respectively. Prof. F.R. Opperdoes (International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium) is thanked for stimulating discussions and for supplying promastigotes of L. mexicana mexicana and L. donovani . Prof. L.M.G. Van Golde and Prof. S.G. Van den Bergh are thanked for critically reading the manuscript. This investigation was supported by the Netherlands Life Science Foundation (SLW) with financial aid from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

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