Evidence of a continuous endoplasmic reticulum in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

ABSTRACT: 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 living E. histolytica trophozoites.

SUBMITTER: Teixeira JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2446670 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature