Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens identified∼ 150 years ago as the cause
of pébrine, an economically important infection in silkworms. There are about 220 genera …

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens related to Fungi. These organisms have a
unique invasion organelle, the polar tube, which upon appropriate environmental …

Background Microsporidia is one of the taxa that have experienced the most dramatic
taxonomic reclassifications. Once thought to be among the earliest diverging eukaryotes, the …

Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of amebiasis, a disease that is a major source
of morbidity and mortality in the develo** world. The potent cytotoxic activity of the parasite …

Proteasomes play an essential role in the life cycle of intracellular pathogens with
extracellular stages by ensuring proteostasis in environments with limited resources. In …

Microsporidia represent an evolutionary outlier in the tree of life and occupy the extreme
edge of the eukaryotic domain with some of their biological features. Many of these …

Microsporidia are a large group of mysterious obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites. The
microsporidian spore can survive in the absence of nutrients for years under harsh …

Microsporidia, a divergent group of single-celled eukaryotic parasites, harness a specialized
harpoon-like invasion apparatus called the polar tube (PT) to gain entry into host cells. The …

Entamoeba histolytica is the pathogenic amoeba responsible for amoebiasis, an infectious
disease targeting human tissues. Amoebiasis arises when virulent trophozoites start to …

Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is a glycolytic enzyme that is well conserved among the
three domains of life. PGK is usually a monomeric enzyme of about 45 kDa that catalyses …