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Aurora Gastelum-Martínez1, Claudia León-Sicairos1, Laura Plata-Guzmán1

  • 1Programa Regional del Noroeste para el Posgrado en Biotecnología de la Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas. Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Av. de las Américas y Josefa Ortiz (Cd. Universitaria) Culiacán 80030, Sinaloa, Mexico.

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Entamoeba histolyticaIREsIRPsbinding proteinscysteine proteaseshemoglobinaseironoxidation-reduction proteinsvirulencevirulence factors

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