Cloning of nf-profilin and intercellular interaction with nf-actin in Naegleria fowleri cysts.

Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba found in lakes, soil, hot springs, and poorly chlorinated swimming pools. It is pathogenic to humans, causing a rare and fatal brain infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). A previous study utilized RNA-seq analysis to examine genes expressed in N.