Oxidative crosslinking of peptides and proteins: Mechanisms of formation, detection, characterization and quantification

E Fuentes-Lemus, P Hägglund, C López-Alarcón… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Covalent crosslinks within or between proteins play a key role in determining the structure
and function of proteins. Some of these are formed intentionally by either enzymatic or …

A selective review of advances in coccidiosis research

HD Chapman, JR Barta, D Blake, A Gruber… - Advances in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Coccidiosis is a widespread and economically significant disease of livestock caused by
protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria. This disease is worldwide in occurrence and …

Transcriptomic Analysis of Toxoplasma Development Reveals Many Novel Functions and Structures Specific to Sporozoites and Oocysts

HM Fritz, KR Buchholz, X Chen, B Durbin-Johnson… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Sexual reproduction of Toxoplasma gondii occurs exclusively within enterocytes of the
definitive felid host. The resulting immature oocysts are excreted into the environment during …

Exploring oxidative modifications of tyrosine: an update on mechanisms of formation, advances in analysis and biological consequences

C Houée-Lévin, K Bobrowski, L Horakova… - Free radical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Protein oxidation is increasingly recognised as an important modulator of biochemical
pathways controlling both physiological and pathological processes. While much attention …

Molecules to modeling: Toxoplasma gondii oocysts at the human–animal–environment interface

E VanWormer, H Fritz, K Shapiro, JAK Mazet… - … and infectious diseases, 2013 - Elsevier
Environmental transmission of extremely resistant Toxoplasma gondii oocysts has resulted
in infection of diverse species around the world, leading to severe disease and deaths in …

RNA Seq analysis of the Eimeria tenella gametocyte transcriptome reveals clues about the molecular basis for sexual reproduction and oocyst biogenesis

RA Walker, PA Sharman, CM Miller, C Lippuner… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The protozoan Eimeria tenella is a common parasite of chickens,
causing avian coccidiosis, a disease of on-going concern to agricultural industries. The high …

Identification and characterization of protein cross-links induced by oxidative reactions

P Hägglund, M Mariotti, MJ Davies - Expert review of proteomics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Protein cross-links are common in biological systems and are generated both
deliberately as a part of normal metabolism and also accidently as a result of exposure to …

Structure, composition, and roles of the Toxoplasma gondii oocyst and sporocyst walls

W Freppel, DJP Ferguson, K Shapiro, JP Dubey… - The Cell Surface, 2019 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is a coccidian parasite with the cat as its definitive host but any warm-
blooded animal, including humans, may act as intermediate hosts. It has a worldwide …

Oxidative modification of proteins: from damage to catalysis, signaling, and beyond

M Demasi, O Augusto, EJH Bechara… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Significance: The systematic investigation of oxidative modification of proteins by reactive
oxygen species started in 1980. Later, it was shown that reactive nitrogen species could also …

Strategies to discover the structural components of cyst and oocyst walls

J Samuelson, GG Bushkin, A Chatterjee… - Eukaryotic …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cysts of Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica and oocysts of Toxoplasma gondii and
Cryptosporidium parvum are the infectious and sometimes diagnostic forms of these …