Channel-forming activities in the glycosomal fraction from the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei.

BACKGROUND: Glycosomes are a specialized form of peroxisomes (microbodies) present in unicellular eukaryotes that belong to the Kinetoplastea order, such as Trypanosoma and Leishmania species, parasitic protists causing severe diseases of livestock and humans in subtropical and tropical countries. T...

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Main Authors: Melisa Gualdron-López, Miia H Vapola, Ilkka J Miinalainen, J Kalervo Hiltunen, Paul A M Michels, Vasily D Antonenkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3323538?pdf=render