Alpha-Glucosidase Promotes Hemozoin Formation in a Blood-Sucking Bug: An Evolutionary History

BACKGROUND: Hematophagous insects digest large amounts of host hemoglobin and release heme inside their guts. In Rhodnius prolixus, hemoglobin-derived heme is detoxified by biomineralization, forming hemozoin (Hz). Recently, the involvement of the R. prolixus perimicrovillar membranes in Hz formatio...

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Autores principales: Mury, Flávia Borges, da Silva, José Roberto, Ferreira, Ligia Souza, Ferreira, Beatriz dos Santos, de Souza-Filho, Gonçalo Apolinário, de Souza-Neto, Jayme Augusto, Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo Martins, Silva, Carlos Peres, do Nascimento, Viviane Veiga, Machado, Olga Lima Tavares, Berbert-Molina, Marília Amorim, Dansa-Petretski, Marilvia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006966

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