Acanthamoeba castellanii : GGrowth on human cell layers reactivates attenuated properties after prolonged axenic culture

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Koehsler, Martina ^a   Leitsch, David ^a   Duchêne, Michael ^a   Nagl, Markus ^b   Walochnik, Julia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Axenic culture; Encystment; N chlorotaurine; Protease

Indexed keywords

5' AZACYTIDINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; N CHLOROTAURINE; PROTEINASE; TAURINE DERIVATIVE; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER CELL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349237407     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01680.x     Document Type: Article

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