Mechanisms associated with Acanthamoeba castellanii (T4) phagocytosis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 402-409

  Alsam, Selwa ^a   Sissons, James ^a   Dudley, Ricky ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GENISTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN; VANADATE SODIUM;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENISTEIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPAN BLUE; VANADATES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23244451409     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1401-z     Document Type: Article

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