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dc.titleMembrane surface features of blastocystis subtypes
dc.contributor.authorYason J.A.
dc.contributor.authorTan K.S.W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-11T02:15:59Z
dc.date.available2019-03-11T02:15:59Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationYason J.A., Tan K.S.W. (2018). Membrane surface features of blastocystis subtypes. Genes 9 (8) : 417. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9080417
dc.identifier.issn20734425
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/152144
dc.description.abstractBlastocystis is a common intestinal protistan parasite with global distribution. Blastocystis is a species complex composed of several isolates with biological and morphological differences. The surface coats of Blastocystis from three different isolates representing three subtypes were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. This structure contains carbohydrate components that are also present in surface glycoconjugates in other parasitic protozoa. Electron micrographs show variations in the surface coats from the three Blastocystis isolates. These differences could be associated with the differences in the pathogenic potential of Blastocystis subtypes. Apart from the surface coat, a plasma membrane-associated surface antigen has been described for Blastocystis ST7 and is associated with programmed cell death features of the parasite. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBlastocystis
dc.subjectSubtypes
dc.subjectSurface coat
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentYONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
dc.contributor.departmentMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
dc.description.doi10.3390/genes9080417
dc.description.sourcetitleGenes
dc.description.volume9
dc.description.issue8
dc.description.page417
dc.published.statepublished
dc.grant.idR-571-000-037-114
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