Antisense inhibition of amoebapore expression in Entamoeba histolytica causes a decrease in amoebic virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-472

  Bracha, Rivka ^a   Nuchamowitz, Yael ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^b   Mirelman, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HAMSTER; HEMOLYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0032704305     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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