Proteins with Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Signal Sequences Have Divergent Fates during a GPI Deficiency
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Proteins with glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) signal sequences have divergent fates during a GPI deficiency. GPIs are essential for nuclear division in Trypanosoma cruzi.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.19.12482