Mechanism of resistance of African trypanosomes to cytotoxic human HDL.

Autor: Hager, Kristin M., Hajduk, Stephen L.
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Zdroj: Nature; 2/27/1997, Vol. 385 Issue 6619, p823, 4p, 6 Color Photographs, 8 Graphs
Abstrakt: Reports that resistant trypanosomes fail to endocytose trypanosome lytic factor (TLF). The continued binding of TLF through cell-surface receptors; The suggestion for a possible mechanism of resistance of human sleeping sickness trypanosomes to human serum; The implications for Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.
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