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GPI-anchored proteins and free GPI glycolipids of procyclic form Trypanosoma brucei are nonessential for growth, are required for colonization of the tsetse fly, and are not the only components of the surface coat.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Dec 2006
Güther Maria Lucia Sampaio, Lee Sylvia, Tetley Laurence, Acosta-Serrano Alvaro, Ferguson Michael A J
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The procyclic form of Trypanosoma brucei exists in the midgut of the tsetse fly. The current model of its surface glycocalyx is an array of rod-like procyclin glycoproteins with glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors carrying sialylated poly-N-acetyllactosamine side chains interspersed with s...
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