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PARASITOLOGY TODAY
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 56-62Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01590-2
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI24627, AI31077] Funding Source: Medline
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Digenetic parasites, such as those of the order Kinetoplastida, must respond to extracellular and intracellular signals as they adapt to new environments within their different hosts. Evidence for signal transduction has been obtained for Trypanosoma brucei, T. cruzi and Leishmania, as reveiwed here by Marilyn Parsons and Larry Ruben. Although the broad picture suggests similarities with the mammalian host, there are large gaps in our understanding of these processes; this probably contributes to a perception of differences. Nonetheless, current evidence suggests that the trypanosomatids might lack certain classes of signalling molecules found in other organisms.
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