Azurin-like protein blocks invasion of Toxoplasma gondii through potential interactions with parasite surface antigen SAG1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-408

  Naguleswaran, Arunasalam ^a   Fialho, Arsenio M ^b,c   Chaudhari, Anita ^b   Chang, Soo Hong ^b   Chakrabarty, Ananda M ^b   Sullivan Jr , William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN LAZ; PROTEIN SAG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALARIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AZURIN; CELL ADHESION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 38649090088     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01005-07     Document Type: Article

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