Disc and Actin Associated Protein 1 influences attachment in the intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia.
The deep-branching eukaryote Giardia lamblia is an extracellular parasite that attaches to the host intestine via a microtubule-based structure called the ventral disc. Control of attachment is mediated in part by the movement of two regions of the ventral disc that either permit or exclude the pass...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010433 |