Trypanosoma brucei metacaspase 4 is a pseudopeptidase and a virulence factor.

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Published in J Biol Chem on September 23, 2011

Authors

William R Proto1, Esther Castanys-Munoz, Alana Black, Laurence Tetley, Catherine X Moss, Luiz Juliano, Graham H Coombs, Jeremy C Mottram

Author Affiliations

1: Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.

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