The Trypanosoma cruzi flagellum is discarded via asymmetric cell division following invasion and provides early targets for protective CD8⁺ T cells.

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Published in Cell Host Microbe on October 08, 2014

Authors

Samarchith P Kurup1, Rick L Tarleton2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
2: Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Electronic address: tarleton@uga.edu.

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