Characterization of Acanthamoeba-microsphere association by multiparameter flow cytometry and confocal microscopy

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Elloway, Edward A G ^a   Bird, Roger A ^b   Hewitt, Christopher J ^b   Kelly, Steven L ^c   Smith, Stephen N ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Endocytosis; FITC microsphere; Trophozoite

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYTOCHALASIN B; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MICROSPHERE; SODIUM AZIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STARVATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES;

EID: 33645946698     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20210     Document Type: Article

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