Localization of pyruvate:NADP+ oxidoreductase in sporozoites of Cryptosporidium parvum

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-231

  Ctrnacta, Vlasta ^a   Ault, Jeffrey G ^b   Stejskal, Frantisek ^a   Keithly, Janet S ^b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalloid body; Immunofluorescence; Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructural localization

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE;

ANTIBODY; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; SPOROZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOSOL; EUGLENA GRACILIS; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; ORGANELLES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; SPOROZOITES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUGLENA GRACILIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 33745630942     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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