N-Glycosylation in Piroplasmids: Diversity within Simplicity

Re-annotation of the Theileria parva genome refines 53% of the proteome and uncovers essential components of N-glycosylation, a conserved pathway in many organisms

(2020) Kyle Tretina et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Metabolomics profiling reveals new aspects of dolichol biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

(2020) Flavia M. Zimbres et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative analysis of gene expression between Babesia bovis blood stages and kinetes allowed by improved genome annotation

(2020) Massaro W. Ueti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Babesia Life Cycle – When Phylogeny Meets Biology

(2019) Marie Jalovecka et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Enhanced glycosylation of an S‐layer protein enables a psychrophilic methanogenic archaeon to adapt to elevated temperatures in abundant substrates

(2019) Lingyan Li et al.   FEBS LETTERS

GlcNAc-1-P-transferase–tunicamycin complex structure reveals basis for inhibition of N-glycosylation

(2018) Jiho Yoo et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

GlcNAc-1-P-transferase–tunicamycin complex structure reveals basis for inhibition of N-glycosylation

(2018) Jiho Yoo et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The MEP pathway in Babesia orientalis apicoplast, a potential target for anti-babesiosis drug development

(2018) Lan He et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Kinetics of the invasion and egress processes of Babesia divergens, observed by time-lapse video microscopy

(2018) Elena Sevilla et al.   Scientific Reports

Advances in the application of genetic manipulation methods to apicomplexan parasites

(2017) C.E. Suarez et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Single-subunit oligosaccharyltransferases ofTrypanosoma bruceidisplay different and predictable peptide acceptor specificities

(2017) Anders Jinnelov et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Post-translational modifications as key regulators of apicomplexan biology: insights from proteome-wide studies

(2017) Rama R. Yakubu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biological roles of glycans

(2016) Ajit Varki   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Genomic resources for a unique, low-virulence Babesia taxon from China

(2016) Guiquan Guan et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Genome-wide diversity and gene expression profiling of Babesia microti isolates identify polymorphic genes that mediate host-pathogen interactions

(2016) Joana C. Silva et al.   Scientific Reports

The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction

(2014) A. P. Jackson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

N-linked protein glycosylation in the ER

(2013) Markus Aebi   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Bioinformatic prediction of the exportome of Babesia bovis and identification of novel proteins in parasite-infected red blood cells

(2013) Sejal Gohil et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Biosynthesis of GDP-fucose and Other Sugar Nucleotides in the Blood Stages ofPlasmodium falciparum

(2013) Sílvia Sanz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Correction: A Novel Candidate Vaccine for Cytauxzoonosis Inferred from Comparative Apicomplexan Genomics

(2013) Jaime L. Tarigo et al.   PLoS One

Comparative genomic analysis and phylogenetic position of Theileria equi

(2012) Lowell S Kappmeyer et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Babesia: A world emerging

(2012) Leonhard Schnittger et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Comparative Genome Analysis of Three Eukaryotic Parasites with Differing Abilities To Transform Leukocytes Reveals Key Mediators of Theileria-Induced Leukocyte Transformation

(2012) K. Hayashida et al.   mBio

Mechanisms and principles of N-linked protein glycosylation

(2011) Flavio Schwarz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Expression and strain variation of the novel “small open reading frame” (smorf) multigene family in Babesia bovis

(2011) Lucas M. Ferreri et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Characterization of acyl carrier protein and LytB in Babesia bovis apicoplast

(2011) Marina C. Caballero et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Inhibitory effect of terpene nerolidol on the growth of Babesia parasites

(2010) Mahmoud AbouLaila et al.   PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Flipping Lipids: Why an’ What’s the Reason for?

(2009) Sumana Sanyal et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Suggestive Evidence for Darwinian Selection against Asparagine-Linked Glycans of Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii

(2009) G. Guy Bushkin et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Piroplasmids and ticks: a long-lasting intimate relationship

(2009) Monica Florin-Christensen   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Babesia bovis contains an abundant parasite-specific protein-free glycerophosphatidylinositol and the genes predicted for its assembly

(2009) Anabel Elisa Rodríguez et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Proteomics and Glycomics Analyses ofN-Glycosylated Structures Involved inToxoplasma gondii-Host Cell Interactions

(2008) Sylvain Fauquenoy et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

N-linked glycosylation of proteins in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

(2007) Flora C.Y. Luk et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY