Differential Surface Deposition of Complement Proteins on Logarithmic and Stationary Phase Leishmania chagasi Promastigotes

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1109-1116

  Ramer Tait, Amanda E ^a   Lei, Soi Meng ^a   Bellaire, Bryan H ^a   Beetham, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIASIS; LYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; VISUALIZATION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT MEDIATED LYSIS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 84872176986     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3130.1     Document Type: Article

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