Increased expression of the major cysteine proteinases by stable episomal transfection underlines the important role of EhCP5 for the pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-64

  Tillack, Manuela ^a   Nowak, Nicolas ^a   Lotter, Hannelore ^a   Bracha, Rivka ^b   Mirelman, David ^b   Tannich, Egbert ^a   Bruchhaus, Iris ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entamoeba; Pathogenicity; Proteinases

Indexed keywords

AMOEBAPORE A PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE 1; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE 2; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE 5; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER AMEBIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GELATIN; GERBILLINAE; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; PLASMIDS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33745859041     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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