Use of recombinant cellulose-binding domains of Trichoderma reesei cellulase as a selective immunocytochemical marker for cellulose in protozoa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2503-2508

  Linder, Markus ^a   Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^a   Linder, Ewert ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ASSAYS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; PROTEINS;

CYST WALLS;

PROTOZOA;

BINDING PROTEIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; HEXOSE; MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ENCYSTMENT; PROTOZOAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CYST; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOZOON; SARCODINA; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRICHODERMA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HARTMANNELLA; HYPOCREA JECORINA; NAEGLERIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA; SARCODINA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0036249534     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.5.2503-2508.2002     Document Type: Article

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