Carbohydrate analysis of Acanthamoeba castellanii

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-343

  Dudley, Ricky ^a   Jarroll, Edward L ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Carbohydrate; Encystment; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GALACTOSE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PAPAIN; PROTEINASE K; RIBONUCLEASE; XYLOSE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE DRYING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; AMIDES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; VANADATES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67449152249     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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