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Table 1 Putative virulence factors of EHP

From: Identification, characterization and heparin binding capacity of a spore-wall, virulence protein from the shrimp microsporidian, Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)

Function

Gene

Host cell invasion and spore attachment

Polar tube proteins (PTPs)

Spore wall proteins (SWPs)

Endochitinases

Chitin synthases

Energy parasitism

ADP/ATP transporters

Host cell manipulation

Mitogen-activated protein kinases

Transferases

Splicing machineries