L6: A proteinase- and phagocytosis-deficient mutant of Entamoeba histolytica

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages S237-S238

  Carpeniseanu, Simona ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Que, X ^a   Orozco, Esther ^b   Reed, Sharon L ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinases; Entamoeba histolytica; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; KINETICS; MUTATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033735254     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00223-X     Document Type: Article

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3. Entamoeba histolytica: Phagocytosis as a virulence factor
4. Entamoeba histolytica: Correlation of the cytopathic effect of virulent trophozoites with secretion of a cysteine proteinase
5. Cloning of a virulence factor of Entamoeba histolytica. Pathogenic strains possess a unique cysteine proteinase gene