IDENTIFICATION OF PEPTIDASES IN HIGHLY-PATHOGENIC VERSUS WEAKLY-PATHOGENIC NAEGLERIA FOWLERI AMEBAE
Naegleria fowleri, a free-living ameba, is the causative agent of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. Highly-pathogenic mouse-passaged amebae (Mp) and weakly-pathogenic axenically-grown (Ax) N. fowleri were examined for peptidase activity. Zymography and azocasein peptidase activity assays demonstra...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2014
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3524 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4552&context=etd |