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Table 2 The zymodemal profiles of the strains of Leishmania tropica , indicating the specific differences between zymodemes encountered in Israel and the Palestinian authority

From: Genetic, serological and biochemical characterization of Leishmania tropica from foci in northern Palestine and discovery of zymodeme MON-307

Enzyme

Country

MDH

ME

ICD

PGD

G6PD

GLUD

DIA

NP1

NP2

GOT1

GOT2

PGM

FH

MPI

GPI

MON

Iraq

100

95

100

93

82

95

110

450

100

135

90

100

100

110

76

-6

Lebanon

             

100

 

MON

Syria

112

95

100

93

82

95

110

450

100

135

90

108

110

110

76

               

100

 

-76

                

MON

Palestine

100

95

100

93

82

80

110

450

100

135

90

108

105

110

76

               

100

 

-307

                

MON

Israel

116

95

100

95

82

95

100

450

100

135

90

108

100

110

76

               

100

 

-275

                

MON

Israel

112

95

100

94

82

95

100

450

100

135

90

108

100

110

76

-288

              

100

 

MON

Israel

112

95

100

100

 

80

120

450

90

135

90

100

110

100

76

-54

                

MON

Jordan

Israel

100

100

100

98

85

80

100

460

110

140

85

108

100

110

76

-265

                

MON

Palestine

100

110

100

98

85

80

100

450

110

140

85

88

100

110

76

-137

Jordan

               
 

Israel

               
 

Egypt

               

MON

L.aethiopica Ethiopia

130

108

100

140

82

95

100

700

120

127

110

123

105

105

53

-14

                

MON

L.major outgroup

160

88

100

122

94

200

100

400

90

110

110

118

79

150

77

-26*

                
  1. This is modified from Schnur [14]to include the new zymodeme of L. tropica MON-307 and the zymodeme MON-265 associated with strains of L. tropica from the focus just north of the Sea of Galilee [32], but previously found associated with strains of L. tropica from Qadisieh in the Tafila area south-east of the Dead Sea in Jordan [36]. The enzyme profiles associated with the zymodemes MON-6, MON-76, MON-275, MON-288, MON-54 are those of other strains of L. tropica from the Middle East for comparison when viewing the dendrogram of the zymodemes of L. tropica in Figure 5. The profile representing the species L. aethiopica is that of the WHO reference strain L. aethiopica MHOM/ET/72/L100. The enzyme profile of L. major MHOM/IL/67/JerichoII from the Jordan Valley belonging to the zymodeme MON-26 was used as an out-group. (Note: There are three errors in the electrophoretic mobilities quoted in Table 4 in Schnur et al. (2004) [14]: in the profile given for MON-275, the mobility of FH should be 100 not 110; in the profile given for MON-26, the mobility of FH should be 79 not 72, and the mobility of MPI should be 150 not 50). They are corrected here.
  2. *The out-group is a geographically widely distributed zymodeme of L. major[19].