Coactosin Phosphorylation Controls <named-content content-type="genus-species">Entamoeba histolytica</named-content> Cell Membrane Protrusions and Cell Motility

ABSTRACT Invasion of the colon wall by Entamoeba histolytica during amoebic dysentery entails migration of trophozoites through tissue layers that are rich in extracellular matrix. Transcriptional silencing of the E. histolytica surface metalloprotease EhMSP-1 produces hyperadherent less-motile trop...

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Main Authors: Muhammad M. Hasan, José E. Teixeira, Ying-Wai Lam, Christopher D. Huston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00660-20