The Jacob2 lectin of the Entamoeba histolytica cyst wall binds chitin and is polymorphic.

• Main Authors: Sudip K Ghosh (Author), Katrina L Van Dellen (Author), Anirban Chatterjee (Author), Tuli Dey (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author), Phillips W Robbins (Author), John Samuelson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The infectious and diagnostic form of Entamoeba histolytica (Eh), cause of amebic dysentery and liver abscess, is the quadranucleate cyst. The cyst wall of Entamoeba invadens (Ei), a model for Eh, is composed of chitin fibrils and three sets of chitin-binding lectins that cross-link chitin fibrils (...