Acanthamoeba castellanii: Structural basis of the cytopathic mechanisms

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-140

  González Robles, Arturo ^a   Castañón, Guadalupe ^a   Cristóbal Ramos, Ana Ruth ^a   Lázaro Haller, Amparo ^a   Omaña Molina, Maritza ^b   Bonilla, Patricia ^b   Martínez Palomo, Adolfo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Free living amoebae; Pathogenesis; Phagocytosis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC FACTOR;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; HOST CELL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TARGET CELL; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; HETEROLOBOSEA;

EID: 33749636804     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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