Article
High-efficiency transfection of <i>Acanthamoeba castellanii</i> using a cationic polymer
2022-12-01
Abstract excerpt
The free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii is an ecologically, clinically, and evolutionarily important microorganism. A. castellanii amoebae are directly pathogenic to humans and serve as reservoirs for bacterial pathogens (e.g., Legionella pneumophila ) but also regulate the proliferation of other microorganisms in the soil. Despite their importance, no reliable genetic system has been developed, hamperi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a402583f-47dc-5776-aebc-bf0f9c0fcd1c
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.12.01.518696
