Trypanosoma cruzi TcSMUG L-surface mucins promote development and infectivity in the triatomine vector Rhodnius prolixus.

• Main Authors: Marcelo S Gonzalez (Author), Marcela S Souza (Author), Eloi S Garcia (Author), Nadir F S Nogueira (Author), Cícero B Mello (Author), Gaspar E Cánepa (Author), Santiago Bertotti (Author), Ignacio M Durante (Author), Patrícia Azambuja (Author), Carlos A Buscaglia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>TcSMUG L products were recently identified as novel mucin-type glycoconjugates restricted to the surface of insect-dwelling epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. The remarkable conservation of their predicted mature N-termina...