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Trypanosoma cruzi: Synergistic cytotoxicity of multiple amphipathic anti-microbial peptides to T. cruzi and potential bacterial hosts

The parasite Trypanasoma cruzi is responsible for Chagas disease and its triatomine vector, Rhodnius prolixus, has a symbiotic relationship with the soil bacterium, Rhodococcus rhodnii. R. rhodnii that was previously genetically engineered to produce the anti-microbial peptide, cecropin A was co-inf...

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Main Authors: Fieck, Annabeth, Hurwitz, Ivy, S.Kang, Angray, Durvasula, Ravi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875304/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20206169
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2010.02.016
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