Giardia lamblia– a model organism for eukaryotic cell differentiation
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 218 (1) , 3-7
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2003.tb11490.x
Abstract
Giardia lamblia is a binucleated, flagellated protozoan parasite that inhabits the upper small intestine of its vertebrate hosts. The entire life cycle, which can be completed in vitro, is simple with cycling between a vegetative trophozoite and a highly resistant cystic form. The parasite is one of the earliest diverging eukaryotes known and more than 95% of the genome is sequenced. This makes Giardia an excellent model system for studies of basic eukaryotic processes like cell differentiation. In this review we will discuss recent data concerning Giardia differentiation with a focus on DNA replication and cytokinesis.Keywords
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