Cysteine proteinases and the pathogenesis of amebiasis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-206

  Que, Xuchu ^a   Reed, Sharon L ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMEBIASIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034041714     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.13.2.196-206.2000     Document Type: Review

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