Developmentally regulated expression by Trypanosoma cruzi of molecules that accelerate the decay of complement C3 convertases.

We recently showed that culture-derived metacyclic trypomastigotes (CMT), but not epimastigotes (Epi), of the Miranda 88 strain of Trypanosoma cruzi evade lysis by the human alternative complement pathway because of inefficient binding of factor B to complement component C3b on the parasite surface....

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rimoldi, M T, Sher, A, Heiny, S, Lituchy, A, Hammer, C H, Joiner, K
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Online Access:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC279510/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3277170
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!