Binding of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Leishmania infantum</named-content> Lipophosphoglycan to the Midgut Is Not Sufficient To Define Vector Competence in <italic toggle="yes">Lutzomyia longipalpis</italic> Sand Flies

ABSTRACT The major surface lipophosphoglycan (LPG) of Leishmania parasites is critical to vector competence in restrictive sand fly vectors in mediating Leishmania attachment to the midgut epithelium, considered essential to parasite survival and development. However, the relevance of LPG for sand f...

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Auteurs principaux: Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, James Oristian, Waldionê de Castro, Timothy R. Wilson, Claudio Meneses, Rodrigo P. Soares, Valéria M. Borges, Albert Descoteaux, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela
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Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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LPG
Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/0b30551295bf45d08c38afbdd2583c42
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