01:146:328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Entamoeba, Amoeba, Naegleria

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Course: 01:146:328
• Professor: Professor Fong

Document Summary

Lesishmania a. a. a. a. b. b. c. Temporary extension of plasma membrane and cytoplasm citin and myosin - contractile. Same as the flagella but shorter and more numerous. Trophozeite - lives in the host and the feeding stage. Chrimatoidal bars - deposit of nucleic acid a. b. c. 3rd most common cause of parasitic deaths i. 110000 deaths: morphology and life cycle fig 4-2 i. Nucleus has small centric endosome, fine and evenly distributed. About 1/3 of dividing cell can"t break apart. 3. a. b. c. a. b. a. b. c. Cyst i. ii. i. ii. iii. iv. v. 1. vector (actively moves parasite with no parasite development. Trypsin breaks down cyst wall cytoplam and nuclei divide. 1. to the large intestine to feed and grow. Luminal amoebiasis: asymptomatic, pass cysts, major source of infection --> called carriers d. Release secretagogus - any agent that stimulates secretion a. Increase the host mucus secretion, goes until depletion.