Repurposing of synaptonemal complex proteins for kinetochores in Kinetoplastida [PDF]
Open Biology, 2021 Chromosome segregation in eukaryotes is driven by the kinetochore, a macromolecular complex that connects centromeric DNA to microtubules of the spindle apparatus.
Eelco C. Tromer +4 more
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Kinetoplastida: new therapeutic strategies [PDF]
Parasite, 2008 New formulations and therapeutic switching of the established drugs, amphotericin B and paromomycin, together with the discovery of miltefosine, have significantly improved the opportunities for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) chemotherapy ...
Croft S.L.
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Is mRNA decapping by ApaH like phosphatases present in eukaryotes beyond the Kinetoplastida? [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background ApaH like phosphatases (ALPHs) originate from the bacterial ApaH protein and have been identified in all eukaryotic super-groups. Only two of these proteins have been functionally characterised.
Paula Andrea Castañeda Londoño +3 more
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Trypanosoma guairaensis sp. n. (Protozoa, Kinetoplastida) parasita de megaloancistrus aculeatus (Perugia, 1891) (Pisces, Loricariidae) Trypanosoma guairaensis sp. n. (Protozoa, Kinetoplastida) parasitizing Megaloancistrus aculeatus (Perugia, 1891) (Pisces, Loricariidae) [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1989 Descreve-se a espécie Trypanosoma guairaensis sp. n. parasita de Megaloancistrus aculeatus do rio Paraná (reservatório de Itaipu). Características morfométricas como comprimento e largura do núcleo e comprimento da parte livre do flagelo, bem como os ...
J. C. Eiras, A. A. Rego, G. C. Pavanelli
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Distribución de los vectores de Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) en Colombia
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2006 Introducción. Debido a la importancia que tiene la vigilancia entomológica como principalmedida de control en el manejo de la leishmaniasis visceral, es necesario contar con informaciónactualizada acerca de la distribución y ecología de los insectos ...
Camila González +3 more
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Blood Feeding Sources of Nyssomyia antunesi (Diptera: Psychodidae): A Suspected Vector of Leishmania (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
J Med Entomol, 2022 Pimentel AC +5 more
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Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses [PDF]
Open Biology, 2021 Euglenozoa is a species-rich group of protists, which have extremely diverse lifestyles and a range of features that distinguish them from other eukaryotes.
Alexei Y. Kostygov +6 more
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Non-human primates as indicators of Kinetoplastida diversity in an urban environment in Midwest Brazil. [PDF]
Front ParasitolJúnior OF +14 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Atmospheric Scanning Electron Microscopy (ASEM) is a powerful tool to observe a wet specimen at high resolution under atmospheric pressure. Here, we visualized a protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi over the course of its infection cycle in the host ...
Yuko Takagi +3 more
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The Intracellular Amastigote of Trypanosoma cruzi Maintains an Actively Beating Flagellum
mBio, 2023 Throughout its complex life cycle, the uniflagellate parasitic protist, Trypanosoma cruzi, adapts to different host environments by transitioning between elongated motile extracellular stages and a nonmotile intracellular amastigote stage that replicates
Madalyn M. Won +3 more
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