On the three-finger protein domain fold and CD59-like proteins in Schistosoma mansoni.

• Główni autorzy: Leonardo P Farias (Autor), Greice Krautz-Peterson (Autor), Cibele A Tararam (Autor), Bogar O Araujo-Montoya (Autor), Tatiana R Fraga (Autor), Henrique K Rofatto (Autor), Floriano P Silva (Autor), Lourdes Isaac (Autor), Akram A Da'dara (Autor), R Alan Wilson (Autor), Charles B Shoemaker (Autor), Luciana C C Leite (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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It is believed that schistosomes evade complement-mediated killing by expressing regulatory proteins on their surface. Recently, six homologues of human CD59, an important inhibitor of the complement system membrane attack complex, were identified in the schistosome genome. Therefore, it is importan...