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Giardia
A genus of flagellate intestinal EUKARYOTES parasitic in various vertebrates, including humans. Characteristics include the presence of four pairs of flagella arising from a complicated system of axonemes and cysts that are ellipsoidal to ovoidal in shape.
Giardia lamblia
A species of parasitic EUKARYOTES that attaches itself to the intestinal mucosa and feeds on mucous secretions. The organism is roughly pear-shaped and motility is somewhat erratic, with a slow oscillation about the long axis.
Year introduced: 1992
Giardiasis
An infection of the SMALL INTESTINE caused by the flagellated protozoan GIARDIA. It is spread via contaminated food and water and by direct person-to-person contact.
giardin protein, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
protein from Giardia axonemes & disc cytoskeletins
Date introduced: June 21, 1983
cysteine protease 2, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
involved encystation
Date introduced: August 14, 2008
tsa417 protein, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
has been sequenced
Date introduced: July 22, 1993
33 kDa structural protein, Giardia [Supplementary Concept]
amino acid sequence given in first source; MW 33 kDa; different from giardin (29.4 kDa)
Date introduced: May 3, 1989
annexin E1 protein, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
GenBank L17221
Date introduced: August 9, 2002
cysteine-rich protein 65, Giardia [Supplementary Concept]
from Giardia duodenalis; has a transmembrane domain and a CXXC amino acid motif;
Date introduced: April 9, 1996
CRP136 protein, Giardia duodenalis [Supplementary Concept]
from Giardia duodenalis; MW 136 kDa; homologous to sarafotoxins; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank L29079
Date introduced: January 31, 1996
HPSR2 protein, Giardia intestinalis [Supplementary Concept]
heavy chain potential motor protein isolated from Giardia; amino acid sequence in first source
Date introduced: November 27, 1995
CWP1 protein, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
component of cyst wall of Giardia lamblia; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank U09330; do not confuse with CWP1 protein from Saccharomyces
Date introduced: July 28, 1995
cysteine-rich protein 72, Giardia [Supplementary Concept]
amino acid sequence has been determined
Date introduced: April 7, 1992
cysteine-rich protein 170, Giardia [Supplementary Concept]
partial amino acid sequence given in first source
variant surface protein H7, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
from Giardia lamblia; amino acid sequence given in first source
Date introduced: February 25, 1992
disc and actin associated protein 1, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
No RefSeq available, Oct 2022
Date introduced: October 13, 2022
VSP9B10A protein, Giardia duodenalis [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: July 23, 2017
Dicer protein, Giardia intestinalis [Supplementary Concept]
specialized ribonuclease initiates RNA interference by cleaving double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) substrates into small fragments about 25 nucleotides in length; 85 kDa, 754 amino acid residues
Date introduced: October 16, 2007
glucosamine-6-phosphate isomerase-B, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: January 31, 2003
Myb2 protein, Giardia lamblia [Supplementary Concept]
involved in activating encystation genes; GenBank AY082882