Trypanosoma cruzi alters adherens junctions in cardiomyocytes

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12-13, 2008, Pages 1405-1410

  de Melo, Tatiana G ^a   Meirelles, Maria de Nazareth S L ^a   Pereira, Mirian Claudia S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catenin; Adherens junctions; Cadherin; Cardiomyocytes; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 54849411857     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.07.044     Document Type: Article

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