Composition of the cell wall of Entamoeba invadens cysts

Arroyo-Begovich, A.; Carabez-Trejo, A.; Ruíz-Herrera, J.

Archivos de Investigacion Medica 9 Suppl. 1: 99-104

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0066-6769
PMID: 697489
Document Number: 130657
Cyst walls isolated from Entamoeba invadens have a microfibrillar structure. The main sugars detected in acid hydrolysates from walls were hexosamines. X-ray diffraction analysis of the cyst walls demonstrated that the only crystalline polymer present was chitin.

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