Expression and the Peculiar Enzymatic Behavior of the Trypanosoma cruzi NTH1 DNA Glycosylase.

Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, presents three cellular forms (trypomastigotes, epimastigotes and amastigotes), all of which are submitted to oxidative species in its hosts. However, T. cruzi is able to resist oxidative stress suggesting a high efficiency of its DNA...

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Main Authors: Fernando Ormeño, Camila Barrientos, Santiago Ramirez, Iván Ponce, Lucía Valenzuela, Sofía Sepúlveda, Mainá Bitar, Ulrike Kemmerling, Carlos Renato Machado, Gonzalo Cabrera, Norbel Galanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4902261?pdf=render