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Cruzipain Promotes Trypanosoma cruzi Adhesion to Rhodnius prolixus Midgut

BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas' disease. Cysteine peptidases are relevant to several aspects of the T. cruzi life cycle and are implicated in parasite-mammalian host relationships. However, little is known about the factors that contribute to the parasite-insec...

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Autores principales: Uehara, Lívia Almeida, Moreira, Otacílio C., Oliveira, Ana Carolina, Azambuja, Patrícia, Lima, Ana Paula Cabral Araujo, Britto, Constança, dos Santos, André Luis Souza, Branquinha, Marta Helena, d'Avila-Levy, Claudia Masini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001958