The Trypomastigote Small Surface Antigen (TSSA) regulates Trypanosoma cruzi infectivity and differentiation.

• Main Authors: María de Los Milagros Cámara (Author), Gaspar E Cánepa (Author), Andrés B Lantos (Author), Virginia Balouz (Author), Hai Yu (Author), Xi Chen (Author), Oscar Campetella (Author), Juan Mucci (Author), Carlos A Buscaglia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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TSSA (Trypomastigote Small Surface Antigen) is an antigenic, adhesion molecule displayed on the surface of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes. TSSA displays substantial sequence identity to members of the TcMUC gene family, which code for the trypomastigote mucins (tGPI-mucins). In addition, TSSA bea...