A novel, non-neuronal acetylcholinesterase of schistosome parasites is essential for definitive host infection
Schistosomes are long-lived parasitic worms that infect >200 million people globally. The intravascular life stages are known to display acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity internally as well as, somewhat surprisingly, on external tegumental membranes. Originally it was hypothesized that a s...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1056469/full |