Host-Parasite interactions in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar: What have we learned from their genomes?

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 90-99

  Wilson, I W ^a   Weedall, G D ^a   Hall, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential gene expression; Entamoeba; Genome; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 2; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIREDOXIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMEBIASIS; APOPTOSIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 84857019266     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2011.01325.x     Document Type: Review

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