Evidence of a Continuous Endoplasmic Reticulum in the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica | Zendy

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Evidence of a Continuous Endoplasmic Reticulum in the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Author(s) -

José E. Teixeira,

Christopher D. Huston

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

eukaryotic cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1535-9778

pISSN - 1535-9786

DOI - 10.1128/ec.00007-08

Subject(s) - endoplasmic reticulum , entamoeba histolytica , biology , fluorescence recovery after photobleaching , green fluorescent protein , entamoeba , microbiology and biotechnology , vesicle , biochemistry , gene , membrane

Entamoeba histolytica , the cause of amebiasis, is believed to have no continuous endoplasmic reticulum (ER), with ER functions occurring in vesicles. Here, using an ER-targeted green fluorescent protein fusion protein and fluorescence loss in photobleaching, we have unambiguously demonstrated the presence of a continuous ER compartment in livingE. histolytica trophozoites.

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