Labeled Trichoderma reesei cellulase as a marker for Acanthamoeba cyst wall cellulose in infected tissues

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6827-6830

  Derda, Monika ^a   Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^b   Linder, Markus B ^c   Linder, Ewert ^b,d  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALEXA FLUOR; CELLULOSE-BINDING; CELLULOSE-BINDING DOMAIN; CYTOCHEMICAL; FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FROZEN SECTIONS; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; SELECTIVE BINDING; T. REESEI; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

CHITIN; CLONING; COENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORSPAR; HISTOLOGY; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; TUMORS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CELLULOSE;

BIOTIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; LECTIN;

BIOMARKER; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CLONAL GROWTH; CYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; PROTOZOAN; SOIL BIOTA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CLONING; CYST (RESTING STAGE); IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PARASITOLOGY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; STAINING AND LABELING; TRICHODERMA;

ALKANES; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CLONES; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; TUMORS; WALLS; WAX;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALEXA; FUNGI; HYPOCREA JECORINA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70350507460     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01555-09     Document Type: Article

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