The most abundant cyst wall proteins of Acanthamoeba castellanii are lectins that bind cellulose and localize to distinct structures in developing and mature cyst walls

• Pamela Magistrado-Coxen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Sarepta Therapeutics, Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Yousuf Aqeel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Angelo Lopez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• John R. Haserick,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Glyde Bio, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7397-6109

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• Breeanna R. Urbanowicz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Catherine E. Costello,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• John Samuelson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jsamuels@bu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9533-3040

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