The Jacob2 lectin of the entamoeba histolytica cyst wall binds chitin and is polymorphic

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ghosh, Sudip K ^a,b   van Dellen, Katrina L ^d   Chatterjee, Anirban ^a   Dey, Tuli ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^c   Robbins, Phillips W ^a   Samuelson, John ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; JACOB1; JACOB2; JESSIE3; LECTIN; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; JACOB PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

BINDING SITES; CHITIN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; LECTINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 77957912363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000750     Document Type: Article

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