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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2012, Article ID 657942, 15 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/657942
Research Article

EhADH112 Is a Bro1 Domain-Containing Protein Involved in the Entamoeba histolytica Multivesicular Bodies Pathway

Cecilia Bañuelos,1,2 Guillermina García-Rivera,1 Israel López-Reyes,2 Leobardo Mendoza,3 Arturo González-Robles,1 Silvia Herranz,4 Olivier Vincent,4 and Esther Orozco1,5

1Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07360 México, DF, Mexico
2Centro de Diagnóstico y Vigilancia Epidemiológica del Distrito Federal, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Distrito Federal, 06010 México, DF, Mexico
3Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 México, DF, Mexico
4Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols”, CSIC-UAM, 28029 Madrid, Spain
5Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, 03100 México, DF, Mexico

Received 16 July 2011; Accepted 3 October 2011

Academic Editor: Luis I. Terrazas

Copyright © 2012 Cecilia Bañuelos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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