The ways of a killer: How does Entamoeba histolytica elicit host cell death?

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-210

  Ralston, Katherine S ^a   Petri Jr , William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

AMOEBAPORE PROTEINS, PROTOZOAN; CALCIUM; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMEBIASIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CELL DEATH; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; BIOTERRORISM; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84862615856     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0510193     Document Type: Article

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