C-terminal mutants of apolipoprotein L-I efficiently kill both Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.
Apolipoprotein L-I (apoL1) is a human-specific serum protein that kills Trypanosoma brucei through ionic pore formation in endosomal membranes of the parasite. The T. brucei subspecies rhodesiense and gambiense resist this lytic activity and can infect humans, causing sleeping sickness. In the case...
Main Authors: | Laurence Lecordier, Benoit Vanhollebeke, Philippe Poelvoorde, Patricia Tebabi, Françoise Paturiaux-Hanocq, Fabienne Andris, Laurence Lins, Etienne Pays |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19997494/pdf/?tool=EBI |
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