Use and endocytosis of iron-containing proteins by Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1038-1050

  López Soto, Fernando ^a   León Sicairos, Nidia ^b   Reyes López, Magda ^a   Serrano Luna, Jesús ^a   Ordaz Pichardo, Cynthia ^c   Piña Vázquez, Carolina ^a   Ortiz Estrada, Guillermo ^a   de la Garza, Mireya ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caveolae; Clathrin coated pits; Endocytosis; Entamoeba histolytica; Ferritin; Haemoglobin; Iron; Lactoferrin; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FERRIC ION; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID; TRANSFERRIN;

BACTERIUM; CELL DEATH; COATED VESICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DYSENTERY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL; LYSOSOME; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TROPHOZOITES; VIRULENCE;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70450224266     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.05.018     Document Type: Review

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