Trypanosoma cruzi Epimastigotes Are Able to Store and Mobilize High Amounts of Cholesterol in Reservosome Lipid Inclusions

Miria G. Pereira; Ernesto S. Nakayasu; Celso Sant'Anna; Nuccia N. T. De Cicco; Georgia C. Atella; Wanderley de Souza; Igor C. Almeida; Narcisa Cunha-e-Silva

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022359

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Trypanosoma cruzi Epimastigotes Are Able to Store and Mobilize High Amounts of Cholesterol in Reservosome Lipid Inclusions

Miria G. Pereira,

Affiliations Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ernesto S. Nakayasu,

Current address: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
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Celso Sant'Anna,

Affiliations Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Diretoria de Programas, Instituto Nacional de Metrologia Normatização e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Nuccia N. T. De Cicco,

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Georgia C. Atella,

Affiliation Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Wanderley de Souza,

Affiliations Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Diretoria de Programas, Instituto Nacional de Metrologia Normatização e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Igor C. Almeida,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
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Narcisa Cunha-e-Silva

* E-mail: narcisa@biof.ufrj.br

Affiliations Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Trypanosoma cruzi Epimastigotes Are Able to Store and Mobilize High Amounts of Cholesterol in Reservosome Lipid Inclusions

Miria G. Pereira,
Ernesto S. Nakayasu,
Celso Sant'Anna,
Nuccia N. T. De Cicco,
Georgia C. Atella,
Wanderley de Souza,
Igor C. Almeida,
Narcisa Cunha-e-Silva

Published: July 27, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022359

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