Apoptotic mimicry by an obligate intracellular parasite downregulates macrophage microbicidal activity

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 1870-1873

  De Freitas Balanco, José Mario ^a   Costa Moreira, Maria Elisabete ^b   Bonomo, Adriana ^b,c   Bozza, Patricia Torres ^d   Amarante Mendes, Gustavo ^a   Pirmez, Claude ^d   Barcinski, Marcello André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COELENTERATA; HYDRA; HYDRA VULGARIS; METAZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0035960718     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00563-2     Document Type: Article

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