Infectivity of Leishmania mexicana Is Associated with Differential Expression of Protein Kinase C-Like Triggered during a Cell-Cell Contact

Nidia Alvarez-Rueda; Marlène Biron; Patrice Le Pape

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007581

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Infectivity of Leishmania mexicana Is Associated with Differential Expression of Protein Kinase C-Like Triggered during a Cell-Cell Contact

Nidia Alvarez-Rueda,

Affiliation Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, EA 1155 - IICiMed, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes, France
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Marlène Biron,

Affiliation Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, EA 1155 - IICiMed, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes, France
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Patrice Le Pape

* E-mail: patrice.le-pape@univ-nantes.fr

Affiliations Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, EA 1155 - IICiMed, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes, France, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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Infectivity of Leishmania mexicana Is Associated with Differential Expression of Protein Kinase C-Like Triggered during a Cell-Cell Contact

Nidia Alvarez-Rueda,
Marlène Biron,
Patrice Le Pape

Published: October 23, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007581

About the Authors

Nidia Alvarez-Rueda

Affiliation Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, EA 1155 - IICiMed, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes, France

Marlène Biron

Affiliation Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, EA 1155 - IICiMed, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes, France

Patrice Le Pape

* E-mail: patrice.le-pape@univ-nantes.fr

Affiliations Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, EA 1155 - IICiMed, Faculté de Pharmacie, Nantes, France, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NFAR PLP. Performed the experiments: NFAR MB PLP. Analyzed the data: NFAR PLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLP. Wrote the paper: NFAR PLP.

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