Entamoeba histolytica is unable to use free cholesterol, phospholipids, and fatty acids under axenic cultivation conditions

Arch Med Res. 2000 Jul-Aug;31(4 Suppl):S212-3. doi: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00192-2.

Authors

B D Mata-Cárdenas¹, J Vargas-Villarreal, F González-Salazar, H Martínez-Rodríguez, M Morales-Vallarta, S Said-Fernández

Affiliation

¹ División de Biología Celular y Molecular, Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico. [email protected]

PMID: 11070288
DOI: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00192-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cholesterol / metabolism*
Culture Media
Entamoeba histolytica / growth & development
Entamoeba histolytica / metabolism*
Fatty Acids / metabolism*
Phospholipids / metabolism*

Substances

Culture Media
Fatty Acids
Phospholipids
Cholesterol