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List of works by Staffan G Svärd

A genomic survey of the fish parasite Spironucleus salmonicida indicates genomic plasticity among diplomonads and significant lateral gene transfer in eukaryote genome evolution

2007 thesis

A mitochondrial-like chaperonin 60 gene in Giardia lamblia: evidence that diplomonads once harbored an endosymbiont related to the progenitor of mitochondria

scientific article published in January 1998

A novel Myb-related protein involved in transcriptional activation of encystation genes in Giardia lamblia.

scientific article

A novel high-resolution multilocus sequence typing of Giardia intestinalis Assemblage A isolates reveals zoonotic transmission, clonal outbreaks and recombination

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

A novel tertiary interaction in M1 RNA, the catalytic subunit of Escherichia coli RNase P

scientific article published on August 1993

A real-time assemblage-specific PCR assay for the detection of Giardia duodenalis assemblages A, B and E in fecal samples.

scientific article published on 24 April 2015

Allelic sequence heterozygosity in single Giardia parasites

scientific article published on May 3, 2012

Alpha-1 giardin is an annexin with highly unusual calcium-regulated mechanisms

scientific article

An up-date on Giardia and giardiasis.

scientific article

Annexin-like alpha giardins: a new cytoskeletal gene family in Giardia lamblia

scientific article

Arginine Consumption by the Intestinal Parasite Giardia intestinalis Reduces Proliferation of Intestinal Epithelial Cells

scientific article published on September 19, 2012

Arginine deiminase has multiple regulatory roles in the biology of Giardia lamblia

scientific article published on 12 August 2008

Base pairing between Escherichia coli RNase P RNA and its substrate

scientific article published on October 17, 1994

Behind the smile: cell biology and disease mechanisms of Giardia species

scientific article published on 19 April 2010

Cellular and transcriptional changes during excystation of Giardia lamblia in vitro.

scientific article

Characterisation of alpha-1 giardin: an immunodominant Giardia lamblia annexin with glycosaminoglycan-binding activity.

scientific article

Characterization of the Borrelia burgdorferi RNase P RNA gene reveals a novel tertiary interaction.

scientific article published in August 1994

Characterization of the Giardia intestinalis secretome during interaction with human intestinal epithelial cells: The impact on host cells

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Combined nanometric and phylogenetic analysis of unique endocytic compartments in Giardia lamblia sheds light on the evolution of endocytosis in Metamonada

scientific article published in 2022

Common coinfections of Giardia intestinalis and Helicobacter pylori in non-symptomatic Ugandan children

scientific article

Comparative Cell Biology and Evolution of Annexins in Diplomonads

scientific article

Comparative genomic analyses of freshly isolated Giardia intestinalis assemblage A isolates

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Coordinated Changes in Gene Expression Throughout Encystation of Giardia intestinalis

scientific article

Determinants of Escherichia coli RNase P cleavage site selection: a detailed in vitro and in vivo analysis.

scientific article published on February 1993

Differentiation-associated surface antigen variation in the ancient eukaryote Giardia lamblia.

scientific article

Divergent Transcriptional Responses to Physiological and Xenobiotic Stress in Giardia duodenalis

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Dominance of Giardia assemblage B in León, Nicaragua.

scientific article published on 31 January 2008

Draft genome sequencing of giardia intestinalis assemblage B isolate GS: is human giardiasis caused by two different species?

scientific article published in August 2009

Drug resistance in Giardia duodenalis.

scientific article published on 25 April 2015

Elongation factor 1-alpha is released into the culture medium during growth of Giardia intestinalis trophozoites.

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Endoplasmic reticulum is the sorting core facility in the Golgi-lacking protozoan Giardia lamblia.

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Erratum to: On the reversibility of parasitism: adaptation to a free-living lifestyle via gene acquisitions in the diplomonad Trepomonas sp. PC1.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

From mouse to moose: multilocus genotyping of Giardia isolates from various animal species.

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

Gene expression changes during Giardia-host cell interactions in serum-free medium

scientific article published on 5 October 2014

Genome analysis and comparative genomics of a Giardia intestinalis assemblage E isolate

scientific article

Genome ploidy in different stages of the Giardia lamblia life cycle

scientific article published in January 2001

Giardia intestinalis mitosomes undergo synchronized fission but not fusion and are constitutively associated with the endoplasmic reticulum.

scientific article

Giardia intestinalis: aphidicolin influence on the trophozoite cell cycle

scientific article published on 6 September 2009

Giardia lamblia -- a model organism for eukaryotic cell differentiation.

scientific article

Giardia lamblia: identification and characterization of Rab and GDI proteins in a genome survey of the ER to Golgi endomembrane system.

scientific article published in May 2002

Giardia-specific cellular immune responses in post-giardiasis chronic fatigue syndrome

scientific article published on 28 January 2017

High-Definition DIC Imaging Uncovers Transient Stages of Pathogen Infection Cycles on the Surface of Human Adult Stem Cell-Derived Intestinal Epithelium

scientific article published on 01 February 2022

Host specificity in the Giardia duodenalis species complex

scientific article

Human Memory CD4+ T Cell Immune Responses against Giardia lamblia.

scientific article

Human cellular immune response against Giardia lamblia 5 years after acute giardiasis.

scientific article

Hydrogenosomes in the diplomonad Spironucleus salmonicida

scientific article

Identification of a region within M1 RNA of Escherichia coli RNase P important for the location of the cleavage site on a wild-type tRNA precursor.

scientific article

Identification of immunoreactive proteins during acute human giardiasis.

scientific article

Immunolocalization and sequence of caltractin/centrin from the early branching eukaryote Giardia lamblia.

scientific article published in July 1996

Laboratory cryo soft X-ray microscopy.

scientific article

Large genomic differences between the morphologically indistinguishable diplomonads Spironucleus barkhanus and Spironucleus salmonicida

scientific article

Multilocus genotyping of human Giardia isolates suggests limited zoonotic transmission and association between assemblage B and flatulence in children

scientific article (publication date: August 2011)

On the reversibility of parasitism: adaptation to a free-living lifestyle via gene acquisitions in the diplomonad Trepomonas sp. PC1.

scientific article

Organelle proteomics reveals cargo maturation mechanisms associated with Golgi-like encystation vesicles in the early-diverged protozoan Giardia lamblia.

scientific article published on 3 January 2006

PCR differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar from patients with amoeba infection initially diagnosed by microscopy.

scientific article published in January 2005

Phylogenetic comparative mutational analysis of the base-pairing between RNase P RNA and its substrate.

scientific article published on May 1996

Plasmid Vectors for Proteomic Analyses in Giardia: Purification of Virulence Factors and Analysis of the Proteasome

scientific article (publication date: July 2012)

Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor in intestinal immune defense against the lumen-dwelling protozoan parasite Giardia.

scientific article

Protein phosphatase 2A plays a crucial role in Giardia lamblia differentiation.

scientific article published on 22 December 2006

RNase E Cleavage in the 5′ Leader of a tRNA Precursor

scientific article published in September 2005

RNase P RNA structure and cleavage reflect the primary structure of tRNA genes 1 1Edited by J. Karn

scientific article published in November 1998

Real-time polymerase chain reaction followed by fast sequencing allows rapid genotyping of microbial pathogens.

scientific article

Recent advances in the genomic and molecular biology of Giardia.

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Release of metabolic enzymes by Giardia in response to interaction with intestinal epithelial cells

scientific article

Rolf Bernander (1956-2014): pioneer of the archaeal cell cycle

scientific article

Secretory antibodies against Giardia intestinalis in lactating Nicaraguan women.

scientific article published in May 2005

Several regions of a tRNA precursor determine the Escherichia coli RNase P cleavage site.

scientific article published in October 1992

Specific histone modifications play critical roles in the control of encystation and antigenic variation in the early-branching eukaryote Giardia lamblia.

scientific article published on 19 October 2016

Stable transfection of the diplomonad parasite Spironucleus salmonicida

scientific article

Synchronisation of Giardia lamblia: identification of cell cycle stage-specific genes and a differentiation restriction point

scientific article

Synchronization of Pathogenic Protozoans

scientific article published in January 2017

Synchronization of pathogenic protozoans

The genome of Spironucleus salmonicida highlights a fish pathogen adapted to fluctuating environments

scientific article

The kinetics and specificity of cleavage by RNase P is mainly dependent on the structure of the amino acid acceptor stem

scientific article published on February 11, 1992

The minimal kinome of Giardia lamblia illuminates early kinase evolution and unique parasite biology.

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

The role of arginine and arginine-metabolizing enzymes during Giardia - host cell interactions in vitro.

scientific article

Time-Dependent Transcriptional Changes in Axenic Giardia duodenalis Trophozoites

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Transcriptional changes in Giardia during host–parasite interactions

scientific article published on November 11, 2010

Transcriptional profiling of Giardia intestinalis in response to oxidative stress.

scientific article published on September 2015

Transcriptome analyses of the Giardia lamblia life cycle.

scientific article published on 4 June 2010

Transcriptome profiling of Giardia intestinalis using strand-specific RNA-seq

scientific article

Transcriptomics Indicates Active and Passive Metronidazole Resistance Mechanisms in Three Seminal Giardia Lines.

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

UV irradiation responses in Giardia intestinalis

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

Α1-giardin based live heterologous vaccine protects against Giardia lamblia infection in a murine model

scientific article