Down regulation of entamoeba histolytica virulence by monoxenic cultivation with Escherichia coli O55 is related to a decrease in expression of the light (35-kilodalton) subunit of the Gal/GalNac lectin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2096-2102

  Padilla Vaca, Felipe ^a   Ankri, Serge ^a   Bracha, Rivka ^a   Koole, Lucy Anna ^a   Mirelman, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0032948811     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2096-2102.1999     Document Type: Article

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