Characterization of Phlebotomus papatasi peritrophins, and the role of PpPer1 in Leishmania major survival in its natural vector.

• Autores principales: Iliano V Coutinho-Abreu (Autor), Narinder K Sharma (Autor), Maricela Robles-Murguia (Autor), Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The peritrophic matrix (PM) plays a key role in compartmentalization of the blood meal and as barrier to pathogens in many disease vectors. To establish an infection in sand flies, Leishmania must escape from the endoperitrophic space to prevent excretion with remnants of the blood meal digestion. I...