Lipids in Entamoeba histolytica: Host-Dependence and Virulence Factors

Lipids are essential players in parasites pathogenesis. In particular, the highly phagocytic trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amoebiasis, exhibit a dynamic membrane fusion and fission, in which lipids strongly participate; particularly during the overstated motility of t...

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Main Authors: Silvia Castellanos-Castro, Jeni Bolaños, Esther Orozco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00075/full

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