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Functional expression of a novel Kunitz type protease inhibitor from the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

BACKGROUND: Schistosomes are able to survive for prolonged periods in the blood system, despite continuous contact with coagulatory factors and mediators of the host immune system. Protease inhibitors likely play a critical role in host immune modulation thereby promoting parasite survival in this e...

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Autores principales: Ranasinghe, Shiwanthi L., Fischer, Katja, Gobert, Geoffrey N., McManus, Donald P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26238343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1022-z