Evidence for a “Wattle and Daub” Model of the Cyst Wall of Entamoeba

The cyst wall of Entamoeba invadens (Ei), a model for the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica, is composed of fibrils of chitin and three chitin-binding lectins called Jacob, Jessie3, and chitinase. Here we show chitin, which was detected with wheat germ agglutinin, is made in secretory vesicles pr...

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Autores principales: Chatterjee, Anirban, Ghosh, Sudip K., Jang, Ken, Bullitt, Esther, Moore, Landon, Robbins, Phillips W., Samuelson, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19578434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000498

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19578434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000498

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