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Sialic acid: a sweet swing between mammalian host and Trypanosoma cruzi

Commonly found at the outermost ends of complex carbohydrates in extracellular medium or on outer cell membranes, sialic acids play important roles in a myriad of biological processes. Mammals synthesize sialic acid through a complex pathway, but Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas’ disease, evol...

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Autores principales: Freire-de-Lima, Leonardo, Oliveira, Isadora A., Neves, Jorge L., Penha, Luciana L., Alisson-Silva, Frederico, Dias, Wagner B., Todeschini, Adriane R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23230438
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00356