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Phosphoglycan Repeat-deficient Leishmania mexicana Parasites Remain Infectious to Macrophages and Mice
1 Feb 2001
Abstract excerpt
The human pathogen Leishmania synthesizes phosphoglycans (PGs) formed by variably modified phosphodisaccharide [6-Galbeta1-4Manalpha1-PO(4)] repeats and mannooligosaccharide phosphate [(Manalpha1-2)(0-5)Manalpha1-PO(4)] caps that occur lipid-bound on lipophosphoglycan, protein-bound on proteophosphoglycans, and as an unlinked form. PG repeat synthesis has been described as essential for survival and development...
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