title: Trichomonas vaginalis surface proteins: a view from the genome.
abstract: Surface proteins of mucosal microbial pathogens play multiple and essential roles in initiating and sustaining the colonization of the heavily defended mucosa. The protist Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most common human sexually transmitted pathogens that colonize the urogenital mucosa. However, little is known about its surface proteins. The recently completed draft genome sequence of T. vaginalis provides an invaluable resource to guide molecular and cellular characterization of surface proteins and to investigate their role in pathogenicity. Here, we review the existing data on T. vaginalis surface proteins and summarize some of the main findings from the recent in silico characterization of its candidate surface proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. r.p.hirt@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hirt
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Noel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sicheritz-Ponten
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tachezy
authors.forename: P-L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fiori
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020543:Proteome / Q000235:genetics; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D015800:Protozoan Proteins