Directed migration of Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in its natural host Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 537-541

  Chen, W J ^a   Fan Chiang, M H ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Actomyosin; Cell motility; Parasite migration

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL MOTILITY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHALASIN D; DIRECTED MIGRATION; DNA FRAGMENT; HOST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE; LIFE CYCLE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIGRATION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ASCOGREGARINA TAIWANENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034804581     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00189.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Expression of a Bombyx cytoplasmic actin in cultured Drosophila cells: Influence of 20-hydroxyecdysone and interference with expression of endogenous cytoplasmic actin genes
2. Demonstration of actin in the protozoon-Gregarina
3. The role of the cytoskeleton in Plasmodium falciparum merozoite biology: An electron-microscopic view
4. The life cycle of Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae)
5. Developmental synchrony of Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) within Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
6. Ultrastructure of infection, development, and gametocyst formation of Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in its mosquito host, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
7. Potential role of Armigeres subalbatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in the absence of rice culture on Liu-Chiu islet, Taiwan
8. Sporogonic development of the gregarine Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Lien and Levine) (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in its natural host Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae)
9. Cloning and identification of Ap1, an actin-related protein from Pneumocystis carinii
10. Life at the leading edge: The formation of cell protrusions
11. The role of actin polymerization in cell motility
12. Investigation of the mechanism of retraction of the cell margin and rearward flow of nodules during mitotic cell rounding
13. Toxoplasma invasion of mammalian cells is powered by the actin cytoskeleton of the parasite
14. Participation of myosin in gliding motility and host cell invasion by Toxoplasma gondii
15. Actin in the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is encoded by a single copy gene, ACT1 and exists primarily in a globular form
16. Structure, expression and phylogenetic analysis of the gene encoding actin I in Pneumocystis carinii
17. Actin-dependent motility in Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites
18. Myosin-like protein (Mr 175,000) in Gregarina blaberae
19. Actin-binding proteins in cell motility
20. Entamoeba histolytica: Cloning and characterization of actin cDNA
21. Movement of cortical actin patches in yeast
22. Cell surface interaction of the protozoan Gregarina with Con A Beads-implication for models of gregarine gliding
23. Cell motility of sporozoan protozoa
24. β-actin messenger RNA localization and protein synthesis augment cell motility
25. Actin mRNA level and actin synthesis during the encystation of Entamoeba invadens
26. Invasion of Toxoplasma gondii occurs by active penetration of the host cell
27. Ultra-structural characterization of F-actin isolated from Acanthamoeba castellanii and identification of cytoplasmic filaments as F-actin by reaction with rabbit heavy meromyosin
28. The role of the cytoskeleton in the motility of coccidian sporozoites
29. Effect of cytochalasin D on Toxoplasma gondii cell entry
30. High-level expression of transfected β- and γ-actin genes differentially impacts on myoblast architecture
31. Theilera parva: Sporozoite entry into bovine lymphocytes is not dependent on the parasite cytoskeleton
32. Induction of an acrosomal process in Toxoplasma gondii: Visualization of actin filaments in a protozoan parasite
33. Invasion of vertebrate cells by Toxoplasma gondii
34. Nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of a Plasmodium falciparum actin gene