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Structural and functional characterization of a putative polysaccharide deacetylase of the human parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi

  1. Jonathan E. Urch1,
  2. Ramon Hurtado-Guerrero1,
  3. Damien Brosson2,
  4. Zhanliang Liu3,
  5. Vincent G. H. Eijsink3,
  6. Catherine Texier2,
  7. Daan M. F. van Aalten1,*

Article first published online: 14 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.128

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 6, pages 1197–1209, June 2009

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Urch, J. E., Hurtado-Guerrero, R., Brosson, D., Liu, Z., Eijsink, V. G. H., Texier, C. and van Aalten, D. M. F. (2009), Structural and functional characterization of a putative polysaccharide deacetylase of the human parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Protein Science, 18: 1197–1209. doi: 10.1002/pro.128

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  1. 1

    Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland

  2. 2

    Equipe Parasitologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LBP, UMR CNRS 6023, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, Cedex, France

  3. 3

    Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Center for Molecular Microbiology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-1432 Ås, Norway

*Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 MAY 2009
  2. Article first published online: 14 APR 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 14 APR 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 30 MAR 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 24 MAR 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 13 FEB 2009

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  • Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship

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