Heat shock protein 70 of Naegleria fowleri is important factor for proliferation and in vitro cytotoxicity

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-317

  Song, Kyoung Ju ^b   Song, Kyung Hui ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Sohn, Hae Jin ^a   Lee, Yang Jin ^a   Park, Chang Eun ^a   Shin, Ho Joon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BENZYLIDENE DERIVATIVE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; N FORMYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXY GAMMA BUTYROLACTAM; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GENE DELETION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRROLIDINONES; TROPHOZOITES;

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 44349179702     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0972-x     Document Type: Article

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