Mucins in protozoan parasites. Front Biosci 2001 Oct 01;6:D1276-83
Date
10/02/2001Pubmed ID
11578964DOI
10.2741/jainScopus ID
2-s2.0-0035486868 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 6 CitationsAbstract
Studies on host-pathogen interactions have led to the discovery of various cell surface associated and secretory molecules. Mucins and mucin-like molecules have recently been described in several protozoan parasites, at different stages of the life cycle. These share many structural and compositional features with mammalian mucins, but vary in several other aspects. It is now becoming evident that mucins in parasite are involved in cell-cell interaction and cell surface protection, thus helping the parasite to establish infection. A large number of mucin like genes from the parasite genome have been reported, and their expression differ during the developmental stages of the parasite. In this review, we describe the structure and functions of mucin and mucin-like molecules in parasitic protozoa.
Author List
Jain M, Karan D, Batra SK, Varshney GCMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsEukaryota
Mucins
Protozoan Proteins
