Entamoeba invadens: Enhancement of excystation and metacystic development by cytochalasin D

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 145-151

  Makioka, Asao ^a   Kumagai, Masahiro ^a   Ohtomo, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Seiki ^b   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin polymerization; Cytochalasin D; Dimethyl sulfoxide; DMSO; Entamoeba invadens; Excystation; Jasplakinolide; Latrunculin A; Metacystic development; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; JASPAMIDE; LATRUNCULIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034851989     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4629     Document Type: Article

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