G A Biagini

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  1. ncbi Na(+)-dependent pH regulation by the amitochondriate protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis
    G A Biagini
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    J Biol Chem 276:29157-62. 2001
  2. ncbi The antioxidant potential of pyruvate in the amitochondriate diplomonads Giardia intestinalis and Hexamita inflata
    G A Biagini
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    Microbiology 147:3359-65. 2001
  3. ncbi The microaerophilic flagellate Giardia intestinalis: oxygen and its reaction products collapse membrane potential and cause cytotoxicity
    D Lloyd
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Cellular Analysis Facility, School of Microbiology and Immunology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
    Microbiology 146:3109-18. 2000
  4. ncbi Role of K+ and amino acids in osmoregulation by the free-living microaerophilic protozoon Hexamita inflata
    G A Biagini
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Microbiology 146:427-33. 2000

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  1. ncbi Na(+)-dependent pH regulation by the amitochondriate protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis
    G A Biagini
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    J Biol Chem 276:29157-62. 2001
    ..The recovery of pH(i) from an acid load was inhibited by amiloride but unaffected by a number of its analogs. The postulated involvement of one or more Na(+)/H(+) exchanger(s) in the regulation of pH(i) in G. intestinalis is discussed...
  2. ncbi The antioxidant potential of pyruvate in the amitochondriate diplomonads Giardia intestinalis and Hexamita inflata
    G A Biagini
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    Microbiology 147:3359-65. 2001
    ..intestinalis and H. inflata, pyruvate exerts antioxidant activity at physiological levels, and (ii) it is the absence of a respiratory chain in the diplomonads which facilitates the observed antioxidant activity...
  3. ncbi The microaerophilic flagellate Giardia intestinalis: oxygen and its reaction products collapse membrane potential and cause cytotoxicity
    D Lloyd
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Cellular Analysis Facility, School of Microbiology and Immunology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
    Microbiology 146:3109-18. 2000
    ..Inactivation of the O(2)-consuming system and loss of viability were also observed on exposure to singlet oxygen photochemically generated from rose bengal or toluidine blue...
  4. ncbi Role of K+ and amino acids in osmoregulation by the free-living microaerophilic protozoon Hexamita inflata
    G A Biagini
    School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Microbiology 146:427-33. 2000
    ..The pharmacological properties of the swelling-activated pathways differ from those of volume-sensitive transporters and channels described previously in other cell types...