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Characterization of a Novel Trypanosome Lytic Factor from Human Serum

Natural resistance of humans to the cattle pathogen Trypanosoma brucei brucei has been attributed to the presence in human serum of nonimmune factors that lyse the parasite. Normal human serum contains two trypanosome lytic factors (TLFs). TLF1 is a 500-kDa lipoprotein, which is reported to contain...

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Main Authors: Raper, Jayne, Fung, Ramie, Ghiso, Jorge, Nussenzweig, Victor, Tomlinson, Stephen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC96545/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10085035
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