How laminin-1 can be recognized by the protozoan parasite Tritrichomonas foetus: Possible role played by the extracellular matrix glycoprotein in both cytoadhesion and cytotoxicity exerted by the parasite

Parasitology International

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-307

  Silva Filho, F C ^a   Kasai, S ^b   Nomizu, M ^b   Lopez L B ^a   Melo Braga, M B ^a   Rocha Azevedo, B ^a   Petropolis D B ^a   Horbach, I S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laminin 1; Parasitic protozoa; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LAMININ 1; SCLEROPROTEIN;

CATTLE DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CYTOTOXICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0036757741     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(02)00018-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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