Cruzipain promotes Trypanosoma cruzi adhesion to Rhodnius prolixus midgut.

• Main Authors: Lívia Almeida Uehara (Author), Otacílio C Moreira (Author), Ana Carolina Oliveira (Author), Patrícia Azambuja (Author), Ana Paula Cabral Araujo Lima (Author), Constança Britto (Author), André Luis Souza dos Santos (Author), Marta Helena Branquinha (Author), Claudia Masini d'Avila-Levy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas' disease. Cysteine peptidases are relevant to several aspects of the T. cruzi life cycle and are implicated in parasite-mammalian host relationships. However, little is known about the factors that contribute to the parasite-insect...