Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?

Giardia duodenalis is a parasite responsible for intestinal infection worldwide. This study, investigates the developmental process responsible for infection, termed of encystation. Here we investigated a protein which highly-conserved across eukaryotes, yet uncharacterized in G. duodenalis, Phospha...

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Main Author: Davis, Aleesha Jayne
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88818
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description Giardia duodenalis is a parasite responsible for intestinal infection worldwide. This study, investigates the developmental process responsible for infection, termed of encystation. Here we investigated a protein which highly-conserved across eukaryotes, yet uncharacterized in G. duodenalis, Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Protein (PITP). We have developed a system to determine the binding activity of this protein to determine its function in the lifecycle of G. duodenalis which may aid in the identification of a novel pharmaceutical target.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-888182022-06-30T07:53:11Z Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis? Davis, Aleesha Jayne Giardia duodenalis is a parasite responsible for intestinal infection worldwide. This study, investigates the developmental process responsible for infection, termed of encystation. Here we investigated a protein which highly-conserved across eukaryotes, yet uncharacterized in G. duodenalis, Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Protein (PITP). We have developed a system to determine the binding activity of this protein to determine its function in the lifecycle of G. duodenalis which may aid in the identification of a novel pharmaceutical target. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88818 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Davis, Aleesha Jayne
Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?
title Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?
title_full Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?
title_fullStr Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?
title_full_unstemmed Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?
title_short Does PITP dependant PtdIns-4-P production promote encystation in Giardia duodenalis?
title_sort does pitp dependant ptdins-4-p production promote encystation in giardia duodenalis?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88818