Trypanosoma cruzi: Role of δ-Amastin on Extracellular Amastigote Cell Invasion and Differentiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Cruz, Mário C ^a   Souza Melo, Normanda ^b   da Silva, Claudio Vieira ^c   DaRocha, Wanderson Duarte ^b   Bahia, Diana ^a   Araújo, Patrícia R ^d   Teixeira, Santuza R ^d   Mortara, Renato A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMASTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DELTA AMASTIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; TROPISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84871327429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051804     Document Type: Article

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