Autophagy and neuropeptides at the crossroad for parasites to survive or to die

Autophagy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-554

  Campos Salinas, Jenny ^a   Gonzalez Rey, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Glycosome; Lysosome; Neuropeptide; Parasite; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UROCORTIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 66349120876     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.5.4.8365     Document Type: Article

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