A simple fibril and lectin model for cyst walls of Entamoeba and perhaps Giardia

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Samuelson, John ^a   Robbins, Phillips ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITOSAN; EPITOPE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; PROTEIN JACOB; PROTEIN JESSIE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYST (RESTING STAGE); ENTAMOEBA; FIBER; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PROTEIN BINDING; SHORT SURVEY;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; CELL WALL; CHITIN; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; GLYCOPROTEINS; LECTINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA;

EID: 78650556676     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.09.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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