Entamoeba histolytica: Differential gene expression during programmed cell death and identification of early pro- and anti-apoptotic signals

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-505

  Monroy, Virginia Sánchez ^a,b   Flores, Ma Olivia Medel ^a   Villalba Magdaleno, José D'Artagnan ^a   Garcia, Consuelo Gómez ^a   Ishiwara, David Guillermo Pérez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Escuela Militar de Graduados de Sanidad   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CDNA AFLPs; E. histolytica; Gene expression; PCD

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GRAININ 1; GRAININ 2; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN 18S; RIBOSOME PROTEIN 40S; SAPONIN LIKE PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUTAMINYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE; GRAININ 1 PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GRAININ 2 PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIRTUIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE GENE; GRAININ GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SAPONIN LIKE GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIR 2 GENE; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMEBICIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENTAMICINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SAPOSINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIRTUINS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 79955764641     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.05.027     Document Type: Article

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