Entamoeba histolytica: A novel cysteine protease and an adhesin form the 112 kDa surface protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 556-568

  Garcia Rivera G ^a   Rodriguez M A ^a   Ocadiz R ^a   Martinez Lopez M C ^a   Arroyo, R ^a   Gonzalez Robles A ^a   Orozco, E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TROPHOZOITE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DOGS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LECTINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032798894     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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