Glucose starvation boosts Entamoeba histolytica virulence.

• Main Authors: Ayala Tovy (Author), Rivka Hertz (Author), Rama Siman-Tov (Author), Sylvie Syan (Author), Daniela Faust (Author), Nancy Guillen (Author), Serge Ankri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The unicellular parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, is exposed to numerous adverse conditions, such as nutrient deprivation, during its life cycle stages in the human host. In the present study, we examined whether the parasite virulence could be influenced by glucose starvation (GS). The migratory beh...