Trypanosoma cruzi extracellular amastigotes and host cell signaling: More pieces to the puzzle

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Ferreira, Éden R ^a   Bonfim Melo, Alexis ^a   Mortara, Renato A ^a   Bahia, Diana ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell invasion; Extracellular amastigotes; Mevalonate kinase; Protein kinase D; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874207396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00363     Document Type: Article

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