Major role for cysteine proteases during the early phase of Acanthamoeba castellanii encystment

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-618

  Leitsch, David ^a   Köhsler, Martina ^a   Marchetti Deschmann, Martina ^b   Deutsch, Andrea ^b   Allmaier, Günter ^b   Duchêne, Michael ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII;

EID: 77950526614     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00300-09     Document Type: Article

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