CD40, autophagy and Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasmagondii represents a pathogen that survives within host cells by preventing the endosomal-lysosomal compartments from fusing with the parasitophorous vacuoles. The dogma had been that the non-fusogenic nature of these vacuoles is irreversible. Recent studies revealed that this dogma is not...

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Main Author: Carlos S Subauste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009-03-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000200020