Proteins and proteomics of leishmania and trypanosoma

Preface.- Biology of Human Pathogenic Trypanosomatids: Epidemiology, Lifecycle and Ultrastructure.- Selection of Molecular Targets for Drug Development against Trypanosomatids.- A2 and other visceralizing proteins of Leishmania: role in pathogenesis and application for vaccine development.- Arginase in Leishmania.- The heat shock proteins of Trypanosoma cruzi.- The Gp82 Surface Molecule of Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Forms.- The Gp85 Surface Glycoproteins from Trypanosoma cruzi.- Trypanosoma cruzi Trans-Sialidase: Structural Features and Biological Implications.- Surface Topology Evolution of Trypanosoma Trans-Sialidase.- Ecto-Nucleotidases and Ecto-Phosphatases from Leishmania and Trypanosoma Parasites.- Gp63 Function in the Interaction of Trypanosomatids with the Invertebrate Host - Facts and Prospects.- Highlights on Trypanosomatid Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis.- The Expected Outcome of the Trypanosoma cruzi Proteomic Map: a Review of its Potential Biological Applications for Drug Target Discovery.- Proteomics advances in the study of Leishmania parasites and leishmaniasis.- Towards the Phosphoproteome of Trypanosomatids. Index.