Alpha-glucosidase promotes hemozoin formation in a blood-sucking bug: an evolutionary history.

Alpha-glucosidase promotes hemozoin formation in a blood-sucking bug: an evolutionary history.

<h4>Background</h4>Hematophagous insects digest large amounts of host hemoglobin and release heme inside their guts. In Rhodnius prolixus, hemoglobin-derived heme is detoxified by biomineralization, forming hemozoin (Hz). Recently, the involvement of the R. prolixus perimicrovillar membr...

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Autores principales: Flávia Borges Mury, José Roberto da Silva, Ligia Souza Ferreira, Beatriz dos Santos Ferreira, Gonçalo Apolinário de Souza-Filho, Jayme Augusto de Souza-Neto, Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla, Carlos Peres Silva, Viviane Veiga do Nascimento, Olga Lima Tavares Machado, Marília Amorim Berbert-Molina, Marilvia Dansa-Petretski
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5072708f7e9b45d490bcbf14ab42476e
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