Autophagy during proliferation and encystation in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba 3 invadens 4
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1 2 Autophagy during proliferation and encystation in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba 3 invadens 4 Karina Picazarri, Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui, and Tomoyoshi Nozaki* 5 Department of Parasitology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, 6 Gunma 371-851, Japan 7 8 *Corresponding author: Tomoyoshi Nozaki Mailing address: Department of Parasitology, 9 Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 10 371-8511, Japan. Phone: 81 27 220 8020. Fax: 81 27 220 8025. E-mail: [email protected] u.ac.jp. 12 13 Abbreviations: Eh, Entamoeba histolytica; Ei, Entamoeba invadens; Atg8, Autophagy-related 14 gene 8; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PAS, pre-autophagosomal structure. 15 16 The nucleotide and protein sequences reported in this paper have been submitted to DDBJ 17 with accession numbers AB326955 (EiAtg8) and AB326956 (EiAtg3). 18 AC CE PT ED Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Infect. Immun. doi:10.1128/IAI.00636-07 IAI Accepts, published online ahead of print on 8 October 2007
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