Entamoeba invadens: Cloning and molecular characterization of chitinases

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-249

  Dey, Tuli ^a   Basu, Raunak ^a   Ghosh, Sudip K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Chitinase; E. histolytica; E. invadens; Homology modeling

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; REPTILIA;

EID: 69449098152     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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