Giardia cyst wall protein 1 is a lectin that binds to curled fibrils of the GalNAc homopolymer.

Giardia cyst wall protein 1 is a lectin that binds to curled fibrils of the GalNAc homopolymer.

The infectious and diagnostic stage of Giardia lamblia (also known as G. intestinalis or G. duodenalis) is the cyst. The Giardia cyst wall contains fibrils of a unique beta-1,3-linked N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) homopolymer and at least three cyst wall proteins (CWPs) composed of Leu-rich repeats...

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Main Authors: Aparajita Chatterjee, Andrea Carpentieri, Daniel M Ratner, Esther Bullitt, Catherine E Costello, Phillips W Robbins, John Samuelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2924369?pdf=render

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