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Trypanosoma cruzi Utilizes the Host Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor in Invasion

BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma cruzi, an intracellular protozoan parasite that infects humans and other mammalian hosts, is the etiologic agent in Chagas disease. This parasite can invade a wide variety of mammalian cells. The mechanism(s) by which T. cruzi invades its host cell is not completely understoo...

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Autores principales: Nagajyothi, Fnu, Weiss, Louis M., Silver, David L., Desruisseaux, Mahalia S., Scherer, Philipp E., Herz, Joachim, Tanowitz, Herbert B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21408103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000953