Evidence of a continuous endoplasmic reticulum in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1222-1226

  Teixeira, Jose E ^a   Huston, Christopher D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 47049085057     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00007-08     Document Type: Article

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