Evidence for the bacterial origin of genes encoding fermentation enzymes of the amitochondriate protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3736-3745

  Rosenthal, Ben ^a   Mai, Zhiming ^a   Caplivski, Daniel ^a   Ghosh, Sudip ^a   De La Vega, Humberto ^b   Graf, Thomas ^c   Samuelson, John ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FERREDOXIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; ARCHAEA; ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0031007112     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3736-3745.1997     Document Type: Article

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