Sialoglycoconjugates in Herpetomonas megaseliae: Role in the adhesion to insect host epithelial cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-280

  Silva, Bianca A ^b   Pereira, Fernanda M ^b   De Jesus, José B ^a,c   Branquinha, Marta H ^b   Santos, André L S ^b   D'Avila Levy, Claudia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cellular interaction; Glycoconjugates; Herpetomonas megaseliae; Sialic acids; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2,3 SIALYLGALACTOSYL; ALPHA2,6 SIALYLGALACTOSYL; FETUIN; GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; LECTIN; MUCIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; SIALYLLACTOSE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIMAX FLAVUS; MAACKIA AMURENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; TRYPANOSOMA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PLANT LECTINS; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMAX FLAVUS; MAACKIA AMURENSIS; MEGASELIA SCALARIS; PHORIDAE; PROTOZOA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 65649105067     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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