Pore-forming peptides of Entamoeba dispar. Similarity and divergence to amoebapores in structure, expression and activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1002-1007

  Nickel, Rosa ^a   Claudia, Ott ^a   Dandekar, Thomas ^b   Leippe, Matthias ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amoebapore; Antibacterial peptide; Entamoeba; Pore formation; Saposin like proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033230141     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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