Giardia lamblia low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein is involved in selective lipoprotein endocytosis and parasite replication

RIVERO MR; MIRAS S; QUIROGA R; RÓPOLO A; TOUZ MC

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Lugar: New Jork; Año: 2011 vol. 79 p. 1204 - 1204

b> As Giardia lamblia is unable to synthesize cholesterolGiardia lamblia is unable to synthesize cholesterol de novo, this steroid might be obtained from the host’s intestinal milieu by endocytosis of lipoproteins. In this work, we identified a putative