In vitro shock response to different stressors in free living and pathogenic Acanthamoeba

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 829-835

  Perez Serrano J ^a   Martinez J ^a   Perez B ^a   Bernadina, W E ^b   Rodriguez Caabeiro F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Heat shock protein; Stress; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT STRESS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PH; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAPERONIN 60; CONGO RED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEAT; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; ACANTHAMOEBA RHYSODES; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0343962273     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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