Antiparasite activity of sea-anemone cytolysins on Giardia duodenalis and specific targeting with anti-Giardia antibodies

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 489-498

  Tejuca, Mayra ^a,b   Anderluh, Gregor ^c   Maček, Peter ^c   Marcet, Ricardo ^d   Torres, Dinora ^d   Sarracent, Jorge ^d   Alvarez, Carlos ^b   Lanio, Maria E ^b   Dalla Serra, Mauro ^a   Menestrina, Gianfranco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Actinoporin; Anti parasite immunotoxin; Antibodies; Avidin biotin; Cytotoxicity; Giarda duodenalis; Sea anemone cytolysin

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CYTOLYSIN; EQUINATOXIN; IMMUNOTOXIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEA ANEMONE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATION; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; CYTOTOXINS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOTOXINS; MICE; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HELIANTHUS; MURINAE; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0032937778     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00220-3     Document Type: Article

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