Quantitative assessment of the proliferation of the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus using a bioluminescence assay for ATP content

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-92

  Shridhar, Surekha ^a,b   Hassan, Kolaleh ^a   Sullivan, David J ^c   Vasta, Gerardo R ^a   Fernández Robledo, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Essex Campus   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Herbicides; Perkinsus; Plastid; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; ATRAZINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUORIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOSAN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERKINSOSIS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

EID: 84877808813     PISSN: 22113207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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