Glucosylceramide transferase activity is critical for encystation and viable cyst production by an intestinal protozoan, Giardia lamblia.

Mendez TL, De Chatterjee A, Duarte TT, Gazos-Lopes F, Robles-Martinez L, Roy D, Sun J, Maldonado RA, Roychowdhury S, Almeida IC, Das S. Glucosylceramide transferase activity is critical for encystation and viable cyst production by an intestinal protozoan, Giardia lamblia. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jun 07; 288(23):16747-16760.

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subject areas

Giardia lamblia
Glycosyltransferases
Humans
Protozoan Proteins
Sphingolipids

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Rosa A. Maldonado
Igor C. Almeida
Siddhartha Das
Sukla Roychowdhury
Jianjun Sun

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