Dependence of growth, metabolic expression, and pathogenicity of Naegleria fowleri on exogenous porphyrins

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 763-768

  Bradley, S Gaylen ^a   Toney, Denise M ^a   Zhang, Yuejin ^a   Marciano Cabral, Francine ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PORPHYRIN; PROTEINASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY;

AGGLUTINATION; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMIN; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PORPHYRINS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 0029800525     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283889     Document Type: Article

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