An Acanthamoeba castellanii metacaspase associates with the contractile vacuole and functions in osmoregulation

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-326

  Saheb, Entsar ^a,c   Trzyna, Wendy ^b   Bush, John ^a,b  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba castellanii; Contractile vacuole; Dictyostelium; Metacaspase

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CELL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METACASPASE; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN ACMCP; PROTEIN RABD; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAB11 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VACUOLE; CONTRACTILE VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BREFELDIN A; CASPASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MACROLIDES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; VACUOLES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84872452811     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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