The Functional Characterization of TcMyoF Implicates a Family of Cytostome-Cytopharynx Targeted Myosins as Integral to the Endocytic Machinery of Trypanosoma cruzi

The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease and chronically infects upwards of 7 million people in the Americas. Current diagnostics and treatments remain grossly inadequate due, in part, to our general lack of understanding of this parasite’s basic biology. One aspect...

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Main Authors: Nathan Michael Chasen, Menna Grace Etheridge, Ronald Drew Etheridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-06-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
spc
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00313-20