Entamoeba histolytica cathepsin-like enzymes: Interactions with the host gut

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 712, Issue , 2011, Pages 62-83

  Kissoon Singh, Vanessa ^a   Mortimer, Leanne ^a   Chadee, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBAPAIN; CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CYSTEINE PROTEASE 5; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA VACCINE; HISTOLYSAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMEBIASIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER AMEBIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TROPHOZOITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

CATHEPSINS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 80053326253     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8414-2_5     Document Type: Article

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