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Structure and function of GPI-anchored surface proteins of Trypanosoma brucei
P Overath1, D Steverding, M Chaudhri
1Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Membranbiochemie, Tübingen, Germany.
Abstract:
While proteins modified at their COOH-terminal end by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) membrane anchor have been found as minor components in many eukaryotic cells, they dominate surface constituents of several parasitic protozoa. In this article, GPI-anchored proteins of Trypanosoma brucei are discussed.