The Entamoeba histolytica genome: Primary structure and expression of proteolytic enzymes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tillack, Manuela ^a   Biller, Laura ^a   Irmer, Henriette ^a   Freitas, Michelle ^b   Gomes, Maria A ^b   Tannich, Egbert ^a   Bruchhaus, Iris ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; PAPAIN; PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; LIVER AMEBIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOME; HEAT; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HEAT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 34447313645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-170     Document Type: Article

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