Pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis: Carbohydrate-mediated host- parasite interactions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-445

  Yang, Zhantao ^a   Cao, Zhiyi ^a   Panjwani, Noorjahan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL MANNOSIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MANNOSE; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; NEOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL SURFACE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RABBIT;

EID: 0031034571     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.439-445.1997     Document Type: Article

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