Trichomonas vaginalis haemolysis: pH regulates a contact-independent mechanism based on pore-forming proteins

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Fiori, Pier Luigi ^a   Rappelli, Paola ^a   Addis, Maria Filippa ^a   Sechi, Antonio ^a,b   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contact independent haemolysis; Cytopathic mechanism; pH; Pore forming protein; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EID: 0029923650     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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