The complex fibronectin-Trichomonas vaginalis interactions and Trichomonosis

Parasitology International

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-292

  Alderete, J F ^a   Benchimol, M ^b   Lehker, M W ^a   Crouch, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Iron; Parasitism; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIGEN; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME; FIBRONECTIN; GELATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; IRON; MUCIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA;

PROTISTA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0036756764     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(02)00015-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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