Calcium-binding proteins of Entamoeba histolytica

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-225

  Bhattacharya, Alok ^a   Padhan, Narendra ^a   Jain, Ruchi ^a   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; E. histolytica; EF hand

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 29344473053     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.10.002     Document Type: Review

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