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. 2012 Feb 28;6(2):e1543. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001543

Figure 7. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) of Leishmania glycoinositolphospholipids (GIPLs).

Figure 7

(A) Purified intact GIPLs: Lane 1, L. braziliensis GIPLs (Gb); lane 2, L. infantum GIPLs (Gi) and lane 3, L. donovani GIPLs (Gd). The assignments for L. donovani structures are: isoM2 as Manα1-3Manα1-4GlcN-PI; isoM3 as Manα1-6(Manα1-3)Manα1-4GlcN-PI and isoM4 as Manα1-2Manα1-6(Manα1-3)Manα1-4GlcN-PI [32]. LPG, lipophosphoglycan; GPI, glicosyl phosphatidylinositol. (B) Deaminated GIPLs. Lane 1, L. braziliensis untreated GIPLs (Gb); lane 2, deaminated L. braziliensis GIPLs (Gb deam.); lane 3, L. infantum untreated GIPLs (Gi) and Lane 4, deaminated L. infantum GIPLs (Gi deam.).