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Expression of a specific variant surface glycoprotein has a major impact on suramin sensitivity and endocytosis in Trypanosoma brucei

Suramin was introduced into the clinic a century ago and is still used to treat the first stage of acute human sleeping sickness. Due to its size and sixfold negative charge, uptake is mediated through endocytosis and the suramin receptor in trypanosomes is thought to be the invariant surface glycop...

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Autores principales: Wiedemar, Natalie, Zwyer, Michaela, Zoltner, Martin, Cal, Monica, Field, Mark C., Mäser, Pascal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32123811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fba.2019-00033