Amoeba

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Actin and myosin function in acanthamoeba. 
  • Agglutination of Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria gruberi by antibodies in human serum. 
  • Characterization of monoclonal antibodies to Acanthamoeba myosin-I that cross-react with both myosin-II and low molecular mass nuclear proteins. 
  • Direct localization of monoclonal antibody-binding sites on Acanthamoeba myosin-II and inhibition of filament formation by antibodies that bind to specific sites on the myosin-II tail. 
  • Doppler flow imaging of cytoplasmic streaming using spectral domain phase microscopy. 
  • Efficacy of immune therapy in early experimental Naegleria fowleri meningitis. 
  • Endosymbiosis: the evil within. 
  • Giant deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces. 
  • Incidence of free-living amoebae in the nasal passages of local population in Zaria, Nigeria. 
  • Inhibition of acanthamoeba actomyosin-II ATPase activity and mechanochemical function by specific monoclonal antibodies. 
  • LRRK2 autophosphorylation enhances its GTPase activity. 
  • Monoclonal antibodies demonstrate limited structural homology between myosin isozymes from Acanthamoeba. 
  • Recovery of soil Amebas from the nasal passages of children during the dusty harmattan period in Zaria.