The MASP family of Trypanosoma cruzi: changes in gene expression and antigenic profile during the acute phase of experimental infection.

• Main Authors: Sara Lopes dos Santos (Author), Leandro Martins Freitas (Author), Francisco Pereira Lobo (Author), Gabriela Flávia Rodrigues-Luiz (Author), Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes (Author), Anny Carolline Silva Oliveira (Author), Luciana Oliveira Andrade (Author), Egler Chiari (Author), Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli (Author), Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira (Author), Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara (Author), Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, a debilitating illness that affects millions of people in the Americas. A major finding of the T. cruzi genome project was the discovery of a novel multigene family composed of approximately 1,300 genes that...