The β-N-acetylhexosaminidase of Entamoeba histolytica is composed of two homologous chains and has been localized to cytoplasmic granules

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-225

  Riekenberg, Sabine ^a   Flockenhaus, Bettina ^a   Vahrmann, Anke ^a   Müller, Monika C M ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^b   Kieß, Michael ^c   Scholze, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic granules; Entamoeba histolytica; Hexosaminidase

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; COLLAGEN; DIMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL SURFACE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DATA BASE; ELUTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIMERIZATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 8844242561     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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