Growth stimulation by serum in Entamoeba histolytica is associated with protein tyrosine dephosphorylation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-249

  Chaudhuri, Sheuli ^a   Choudhury, Nandini ^a   Raha, Sanghamitra ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; Growth; Protein phosphorylation; Serum; Tyrosine kinase; Tyrosine phosphatase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH STIMULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TYROSINE;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0032877241     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00363-8     Document Type: Article

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