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Evidence of Actin in the Cytoskeleton of Microsporidia |
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| Authors: | ELISA BIGLIARDI MARIA GIOVANNA RIPARBELLI MARIA GLORIA SELMI LUCA BINI SABRINA LIBERATORI VITALIANO PALLINI ANNA BERNUZZI SIMONETTA GATTI MASSIMO SCAGLIA LUCIANO SACCHI |
| Affiliation: | Department of Evolutionary Biology, University, Via Mattioli, Sienna, Italy. bigliardi@unisi.it |
| Abstract: | Using transmission electron microscopy, immuno-electron microscopy, and biochemical techniques such as 2-D electrophoresis and immunoblotting, actin was found in all biological stages of the microsporidia Encephalitozoon hellem and Encephalitozoon cuniculi. |
| Keywords: | Cytoskeletal proteins Encephalitozoon cuniculi Encephalitozoon hellem fluorescence microscopy immunoelectron-microscopy two-dimensional electrophoresis |