Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6291706 | Experimental Parasitology | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Phytomonas serpens synthesizes proteases related to gp63 and cruzipain. ⺠Cruzipain was differentially modulated in P. serpens under starving conditions. ⺠Cruzipain expression was controlled by exogenous proteins. ⺠P. serpens can be used as a trypanosomatid model to study basic metabolic processes.
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Authors
Camila G.R. Elias, Michel G. Chagas, Ana Luiza Souza-Gonçalves, Bernardo M.O. Pascarelli, Claudia M. d'Avila-Levy, Marta H. Branquinha, André L.S. Santos,