Molecular Characterization of a Novel Family of Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Membrane Proteins (TcSMP) Involved in Mammalian Host Cell Invasion

Nadini Oliveira Martins; Renata Torres de Souza; Esteban Mauricio Cordero; Danielle Cortez Maldonado; Cristian Cortez; Marjorie Mendes Marini; Eden Ramalho Ferreira; Ethel Bayer-Santos; Igor Correia de Almeida; Nobuko Yoshida; José Franco da Silveira

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004216

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Molecular Characterization of a Novel Family of Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Membrane Proteins (TcSMP) Involved in Mammalian Host Cell Invasion

Nadini Oliveira Martins,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Renata Torres de Souza,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Esteban Mauricio Cordero,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Danielle Cortez Maldonado,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Cristian Cortez,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Marjorie Mendes Marini,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Eden Ramalho Ferreira,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Ethel Bayer-Santos,

Current address: MRC Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Igor Correia de Almeida,

Affiliation The Border Biomedical Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
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Nobuko Yoshida,

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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José Franco da Silveira

* E-mail: jose.franco@unifesp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Molecular Characterization of a Novel Family of Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Membrane Proteins (TcSMP) Involved in Mammalian Host Cell Invasion

Nadini Oliveira Martins,
Renata Torres de Souza,
Esteban Mauricio Cordero,
Danielle Cortez Maldonado,
Cristian Cortez,
Marjorie Mendes Marini,
Eden Ramalho Ferreira,
Ethel Bayer-Santos,
Igor Correia de Almeida,
Nobuko Yoshida

Published: November 13, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004216

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