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Participation of heparin binding proteins from the surface of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis promastigotes in the adhesion of parasites to Lutzomyia longipalpis cells (Lulo) in vitro

BACKGROUND: Leishmania (V.) braziliensis is a causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil. During the parasite life cycle, the promastigotes adhere to the gut of sandflies, to avoid being eliminated with the dejection. The Lulo cell line, derived from Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychod...

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Autores principales: de Castro Côrtes, Luzia Monteiro, de Souza Pereira, Mirian Claudia, da Silva, Franklin Souza, Pereira, Bernardo Acácio Santini, de Oliveira Junior, Francisco Odêncio, de Araújo Soares, Renata Oliveira, Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha, Toma, Leny, Vicente, Carolina Meloni, Nader, Helena Bonciani, de Fátima Madeira, Maria, Bello, Felio J, Alves, Carlos Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22805335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-142