The Transcriptome of Leishmania major Developmental Stages in Their Natural Sand Fly Vector

The life cycle of the Leishmania parasite in the sand fly vector involves differentiation into several distinctive forms, each thought to represent an adaptation to specific microenvironments in the midgut of the fly. Based on transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) results, we describe the first high-re...

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Main Authors: Ehud Inbar, V. Keith Hughitt, Laura A. L. Dillon, Kashinath Ghosh, Najib M. El-Sayed, David L. Sacks, L. David Sibley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e00029-17