Acanthamoeba castellanii: Proteins involved in actin dynamics, glycolysis, and proteolysis are regulated during encystation

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-94

  Bouyer, Sabrina ^a   Rodier, Marie Hélène ^a   Guillot, Alain ^b   Héchard, Yann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Cyst; Differentiation; Proteome

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ENOLASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST FORMATION; GLYCOLYSIS; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOZOITE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACTINS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCOLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII;

EID: 67949091013     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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