Entamoeba histolytica-secreted products degrade colonic mucin oligosaccharides

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3790-3793

  Moncada, Darcy ^a   Keller, Kathy ^a   Chadee, Kris ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; MUCIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DAMAGE; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; COLON; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MUCINS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 19744368265     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3790-3793.2005     Document Type: Article

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