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Endocytosis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins.
Journal of biomedical science - 15 Oct 2009
Lakhan Shaheen E, Sabharanjak Shefali, De Ananya
Abstract excerpt
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) represent an interesting amalgamation of the three basic kinds of cellular macromolecules viz. proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. An unusually hybrid moiety, the GPI-anchor is expressed in a diverse range of organisms from parasites to mammalian cells and serves to anchor a large number of functionally diverse proteins and has been the center of attention...
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