Entamoeba histolytica: Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel neutral sphingomyelinase

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-285

  Mendoza Macías, Claudia Leticia ^a   Barrios Ceballos, Minerva Paola ^a   Anaya Velázquez, Fernando ^a   Nakada Tsukui, Kumiko ^b   Nozaki, Tomoyoshi ^b   Padilla Vaca, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Entamoeba histolytica; Scyphostatin; Sphingomyelinase

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; HEMAGGLUTININ; MANGANESE; NEUTRAL SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1; NEUTRAL SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE 2; NEUTRAL SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE 3; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRONES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TROPHOZOITES;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 77952584030     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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