The Leishmania donovani Ortholog of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Biosynthesis Cofactor PBN1 Is Essential for Host Infection
ABSTRACT Visceral leishmaniasis is a deadly infectious disease caused by Leishmania donovani, a kinetoplastid parasite for which no licensed vaccine is available. To identify potential vaccine candidates, we systematically identified genes encoding putative cell surface and secreted proteins essenti...
Main Authors: | Adam Roberts, Rupa Nagar, Cordelia Brandt, Katherine Harcourt, Simon Clare, Michael A. J. Ferguson, Gavin J. Wright |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-06-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00433-22 |
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