Trypanosoma cruzi TcSMUG L-surface mucins promote development and infectivity in the triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus.

Trypanosoma cruzi TcSMUG L-surface mucins promote development and infectivity in the triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus.

<h4>Background</h4>TcSMUG L products were recently identified as novel mucin-type glycoconjugates restricted to the surface of insect-dwelling epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. The remarkable conservation of their predicted mature N-termina...

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Main Authors: Marcelo S Gonzalez, Marcela S Souza, Eloi S Garcia, Nadir F S Nogueira, Cícero B Mello, Gaspar E Cánepa, Santiago Bertotti, Ignacio M Durante, Patrícia Azambuja, Carlos A Buscaglia
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/393d9e50bd514a3fab0b920d23f73faa
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