Mucins in the host defence against Naegleria fowleri and mucinolytic activity as a possible means of evasion

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3895-3904

  Cervantes Sandoval, Isaac ^a,b   Serrano Luna, José de Jesús ^a   García Latorre, Ethel ^b   Tsutsumi, Victor ^a   Shibayama, Mineko ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; HYALURONIDASE; HYALURONATE LYASE; MUCIN; MUCIN 5AC; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE COURSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUCUS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TROPHOZOITE; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

MUS; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NAEGLERIA GRUBERI;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DOGS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUCIN 5AC; MUCINS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 58949086985     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/019380-0     Document Type: Article

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