A lesson in survival, by Giardia lamblia

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 2019-2031

  Rópolo, Andrea S ^a   Touz, Maria C ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Arginine deiminase; Parasites; Peptidyl arginine deiminase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROLASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE TARGETING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE; MALARIA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARGININE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 78349240347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.200     Document Type: Review

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