Regulation of Entamoeba invadens encystation and gene expression with galactose and N-acetylglucosamine

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-77

  Coppi, Alida ^a   Eichinger, Daniel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Encystation; Entamoeba invadens; N Acetylglucosamine

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYST; CYST FORMATION; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTAMOEBA; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUCINS;

ENTAMOEBA INVADENS;

EID: 0032791185     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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