Biochemical characterization and functional studies of Acanthamoeba mannose-binding protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5775-5781

  Garate, Marco ^a   Cubillos, Ibis ^a   Marchant, Jeffrey ^a   Panjwani, Noorjahan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CONCANAVALIN A; GLYCOPEPTIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; LECTIN; MANNOSE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTINYLATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TARGET CELL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MANNOSE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 23944480952     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.5775-5781.2005     Document Type: Article

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