Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol molecules of the parasite and the host.
The glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) protein-membrane anchors are ubiquitous among the eukaryotes. However, while mammalian cells typically express in the order of 100 thousand copies of GPI-anchor per cell, the parasitic protozoa, particularly the kinetoplastids, express up to 10-20 million copi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1994
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