Leishmania infantum promastigotes: Flow cytometry as a possible tool for assessing the effects of drugs on cellular functions

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Azas, N ^a   Di Giorgio, C ^a   Delmas, F ^a   Gasquet, M ^a   Timon David, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Amphotericin B; Cell cycle; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; Leishmania infantum; Membrane potential; Nonprotein thiols; Pentamidine; Total proteins

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMPHOTERICIN B; PENTAMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0031239574     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4182     Document Type: Article

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