Exploitation of the Host Cell Membrane Fusion Machinery by Leishmania Is Part of the Infection Process

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Christine Matte

Affiliation INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier and Centre for host-parasite interactions, Laval, Quebec, Canada

Albert Descoteaux

* E-mail: albert.descoteaux@iaf.inrs.ca

Affiliation INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier and Centre for host-parasite interactions, Laval, Quebec, Canada

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Membrane fusion
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Leishmania
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Parasitic diseases
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Endosomes
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Macrophages
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Phagosomes
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Host cells
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Phagocytosis
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