Effects of serine protease inhibitors on viability and morphology of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis promastigotes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1627-1635

  Silva Lopez, R E ^a   Morgado Diaz J A ^b   Chavez M A ^c   Giovanni De Simone, S ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDINE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOSYLPHENYLALANYL CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLAGELLUM; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AMOZONENSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SEA ANEMONE; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COLORIMETRY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

ACTINIARIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS;

EID: 34948893961     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0706-5     Document Type: Article

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