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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Synapt MS, Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Giardia Lamblia Atcc 50803
TISSUE(S): Eukaryotic Cell
DISEASE(S): Giardiasis
SUBMITTER: Carmen Faso
LAB HEAD: Adrian B. Hehl
PROVIDER: PXD003718 | Pride | 2016-06-23
REPOSITORIES: Pride
PLoS pathogens 20160720 7
Giardia lamblia is a parasitic protozoan that infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts including humans. Trophozoites are non-invasive but associate tightly with the enterocyte surface of the small intestine. This narrow ecological specialization entailed extensive morphological and functional adaptations during host-parasite co-evolution, including a distinctly polarized array of endocytic organelles termed peripheral vacuoles (PVs), which are confined to the dorsal cortical region exposed to t ...[more]