IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN THE COMPOSITION OF LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN-LIKE MOLECULES OF ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AND ENTAMOEBA-DISPAR

Authors
MOODY S BECKER S NUCHAMOWITZ Y MIRELMAN D
Citation
S. Moody et al., IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN THE COMPOSITION OF LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN-LIKE MOLECULES OF ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AND ENTAMOEBA-DISPAR, The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology, 45(2), 1998, pp. 9-12
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology Miscellaneous",Microbiology
Journal title
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10665234
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
9 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
1066-5234(1998)45:2<9:IOSVIT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The lipophosphoglycan-like (LPC-like) molecules of E. histolytica viru lent strains are clearly distinct from those of the avirulent E. histo lytica and E. dispar strains. Abundant 'LPG' levels are apparently lim ited to virulent strains, while lipophosphopeptidoglycans ('LPPG's) an common to both virulent and avirulent strains of E. histolytica and E . dispar. It is therefore conceivable that 'LPPG' performs a function that is essential to survival within the host, while the 'LPG' perform s a more specific function related to virulence.