| Literature DB >> 6187692 |
Q Chess, A M Acosta, J K Sethi, C A Santos-Buch.
Abstract
The ability of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease to acquire host cell surface antigen was tested. Parasites emerging after intracellular replication in WOS sarcoma monolayers expressed a sarcoma-associated surface antigen. This antigen was deleted from these parasites after replication in the MNS control monolayer, which does not express WOS sarcoma-associated surface antigen, or by replication in cell-free medium. This type of reversible acquisition of host surface antigen has not been previously described in T. cruzi or other intracellular protozoan parasites.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6187692 PMCID: PMC264848 DOI: 10.1128/iai.40.1.299-302.1983
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441