Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes invade non-phagocytic cells via highly localized parasite-induced actin remodeling

• Thamires Queiroz-Oliveira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Laura Valéria Rios-Barros,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Anna Luiza Silva-Moreira,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Isadora Vieira Santos-Brasil,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Julyanna Oliveira-Castro,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil

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• Juliana Almeida-Silva,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Marcos André Vannier-Santos,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Jane Lima-Santos,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brazil

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• Maria Fátima Horta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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• Thiago Castro-Gomes

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thiagocg@gmail.com

  Affiliation Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1564-4645

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