Flow cytometric assessment of Leishmania spp metacyclic differentiation: Validation by morphological features and specific markers

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Saraiva, Elvira M ^a   Pinto Da Silva, Lucia H ^a   Wanderley, João Luiz M ^b   Bonomo, Adriana C ^a,b   Barcinski, Marcello A ^b,c   Moreira, Maria Elisabete C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15544362205     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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