Glycosylation of the major polar tube protein of Encephalitozoon hellem, a microsporidian parasite that infects humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6341-6350

  Xu, Yanji ^a   Takvorian, Peter M ^b   Cali, Ann ^b   Orr, George ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; POLAR TUBE PROTEIN; PTP1 PROTEIN; PTP2 PROTEIN; PTP3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHO CELL; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; MANNOSYLATION; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHO CELLS; CONCANAVALIN A; CRICETINAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MANNOSE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS;

EID: 7044264667     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.11.6341-6350.2004     Document Type: Article

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