A Receptor's Tale: An Eon in the Life of a Trypanosome Receptor.

African trypanosomes have complex life cycles comprising at least ten developmental forms, variously adapted to different niches in their tsetse fly vector and their mammalian hosts. Unlike many other protozoan pathogens, they are always extracellular and have evolved intricate surface coats that al...

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Main Authors: Matthew K Higgins, Harriet Lane-Serff, Paula MacGregor, Mark Carrington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006055