Blastocystis hominis: Evidence for caspase-3-like activity in cells undergoing programmed cell death

Parasitology Research

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 559-565

  Nasirudeen, A ^a   Singh, M ^a   Yap, E ^a   Tan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CPP32 ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1D5; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PLOIDIES;

EID: 0034954214     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360100427     Document Type: Article

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