Stress-dependent expression of a polymorphic, charged antigen in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4472-4486

  Satish, S ^a,b   Bakre, Abhijeet A ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a   Bhattacharya, Alok ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PURINE;

ADAPTATION; AMEBIASIS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; EHSSP1 GENE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE; GENE COPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEAT STRESS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HEAT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0043267604     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.8.4472-4486.2003     Document Type: Article

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