In vitro cytopathic effects of a cysteine protease of Tritrichomonas foetus on cultured bovine uterine epithelial cells

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1181-1186

  Singh, Bibhuti N ^a   Hayes, Gary R ^a   Lucas, John J ^a   Beach, David H ^a   Gilbert, Robert O ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COW; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROMETRY; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 23844448509     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1181     Document Type: Article

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