Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome

CG Clark, UCM Alsmark, M Tazreiter… - Advances in …, 2007 - Elsevier
The intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica is one of the first protists for which a draft
genome sequence has been published. Although the genome is still incomplete, it is …

Advances in Entamoeba histolytica Biology Through Transcriptomic Analysis

S Naiyer, A Bhattacharya, S Bhattacharya - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A large number of transcriptome-level studies in Entamoeba histolytica, the protozoan
parasite that causes amoebiasis, have investigated gene expression patterns to help …

Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Virulent and Nonvirulent Entamoeba Species: Potential Implications for Amebic Pathogenesis

RC MacFarlane, U Singh - Infection and immunity, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that causes colitis and liver abscesses.
Several Entamoeba species and strains with differing levels of virulence have been …

Stress by Heat Shock Induces Massive Down Regulation of Genes and Allows Differential Allelic Expression of the Gal/GalNAc Lectin in Entamoeba histolytica

C Weber, G Guigon, C Bouchier, L Frangeul… - Eukaryotic …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Gene expression analysis by microarray assay revealed that when exposed to stress,
Entamoeba histolytica exhibits a specific heat shock response, together with a dramatic …

The lysine‐ and glutamic acid‐rich protein KERP1 plays a role in Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess pathogenesis

J Santi‐Rocca, C Weber, G Guigon… - Cellular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The parasite Entamoeba histolytica colonizes the large bowel where it may persist as an
asymptomatic luminal gut infection, which changes to virulence. Parasite invasion of the …

Histone acetyltransferases and deacetylase in Entamoeba histolytica

G Ramakrishnan, CA Gilchrist, H Musa… - Molecular and …, 2004 - Elsevier
In our efforts to understand how transcription may be regulated in Entamoeba histolytica, we
have examined if this parasite has conserved enzymatic mechanisms for targeted …

Identification of putative transcriptional regulatory networks in Entamoeba histolytica using Bayesian inference

JA Hackney, GM Ehrenkaufer, U Singh - Nucleic acids research, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Few transcriptional regulatory networks have been described in non-model organisms. In
Entamoeba histolytica seminal aspects of pathogenesis are transcriptionally controlled …

Transcriptional profiling of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites

RC MacFarlane, PH Shah, U Singh - International journal for parasitology, 2005 - Elsevier
We have developed an Entamoeba histolytica genomic DNA microarray and used it to
develop a transcriptional profile of 1,971 E. histolytica (HM-1: IMSS) genes. The arrays …

Recent insights into Entamoeba development: identification of transcriptional networks associated with stage conversion

U Singh, GM Ehrenkaufer - International journal for parasitology, 2009 - Elsevier
Entamoeba histolytica is an important human pathogen and a leading parasitic cause of
death globally. The parasite life cycle alternates between the trophozoite form, which is …

Regulation of gene expression in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba invadens: identification of core promoter elements and promoters with stage-specific expression …

D Manna, GM Ehrenkaufer, U Singh - International journal for parasitology, 2014 - Elsevier
Developmental switching between life-cycle stages is a common feature among many
pathogenic organisms. Entamoeba histolytica is an important human pathogen and is a …