Trophozoites ofGiardia lambliamay have a Golgi-like structure

Why have Pneumocystis carinii trophozoites been ignored?

On the Structure of Metric-like Spaces

The main purpose of this paper is to introduce several concepts of the metric-like spaces. For instance, we define concepts such as equal-like points, cluster points and completely separate points. Furthermore, this paper is an attempt to present compatibility definitions for the distance between a point and a subset of a metric-like space and also for the distance between two subsets of a metr...

Inhibitors of methionyl-tRNA synthetase have potent activity against Giardia intestinalis trophozoites.

The methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) is a novel drug target for the protozoan pathogen Giardia intestinalis. This protist contains a single MetRS that is distinct from the human cytoplasmic MetRS. A panel of MetRS inhibitors was tested against recombinant Giardia MetRS, Giardia trophozoites, and mammalian cell lines. The best compounds inhibited trophozoite growth at 500 nM (metronidazole did ...

a novel block cipher algorithm with feistel-like structure

block ciphers have wide applications for hardware and software implementations. in this paper, a new block cipher algorithm with provable security is proposed. the whole structure of the algorithm is novel and has a good encryption and decryption performance. additionally, it has good security with few number of rounds. the structure of the proposed algorithm consists of 4-rounds feistel-like w...

Rab18 and Rab43 have key roles in ER-Golgi trafficking.

Rabs and Arfs/Arls are Ras-related small GTPases of particular relevance to membrane trafficking. It is thought that these proteins regulate specific pathways through interactions with coat, motor, tether and SNARE proteins. We screened a comprehensive list of Arf/Arl/Rab proteins, previously identified on purified Golgi membranes by a proteomics approach (37 in total), for Golgi or intra-Golgi...