Acanthamoeba isolates belonging to T1, T2, T3, T4 but not T7 encyst in response to increased osmolarity and cysts do not bind to human corneal epithelial cells

Acta Tropica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-108

  Dudley, Ricky ^a   Matin, Abdul ^a   Alsam, Selwa ^a   Sissons, James ^a   Maghsood, Amir Hossein ^a,b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Adhesion; Cysts; Encystment; Osmolarity

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLUORESCEIN; GLUCOSIDE; LECTIN; MANNOSIDE;

CYST; LIFE CYCLE; OSMOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CORNEA CELL; CYST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENOTYPE; HOST CELL; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; TUMOR RESISTANCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 21744453165     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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