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Polylactosamines are not obligate receptors for invasion of Plasmodium falciparum malaria as shown in HEMPAS variant II-gal- erythrocytes.
Glycobiology - 1 Dec 1994
Dhume S T, Adams-Burton C R, Shumak K H, Laine R A
Abstract excerpt
A HEMPAS (hereditary erythroblastic multinuclearity with positive acidified serum test) erythrocyte, atypical Variant II (referred to herein as Variant II-gal-), lacking long-chain polylactosamine on both glycoproteins (Band 3 and 4.5) and glycosphingolipids, was characterized by the carbohydrate profile of the erythrocyte membrane according to Fukuda et al. (Blood, 73, 1331-1339, 1989). Two laboratories...
Topics
- Amino Sugars
- Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital
- Animals
- Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
- Blood Proteins
- Cell Adhesion
- Erythrocytes
- Galactose
- Genetic Variation
- Glycosylation
- Humans
