scholarly journals How Does the Main Infective Stage ofT. cruziEnter and Avoid Degradation in Host Cells? A Description of the Pathways and Organelles Involved on These Processes

Author(s):  
Emile Barrias ◽  
Lissa C. Reignault ◽  
Wanderley de Souza
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Author(s):  
H.M. Mazzone ◽  
W.F. Engler ◽  
G. Wray ◽  
A. Szirmae ◽  
J. Conroy ◽  
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Viral inclusion bodies isolated from infected pest insects are being evaluated by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture as biological insecticides against their hosts. Our research on these inclusion bodies constitutes part of an effort to support their approval by the Environmental Protection Agency as insect control agents. The inclusion bodies in this study are polyhedral in shape and contain rod-shaped viral particles. When ingested by pest insects, the inclusion bodies are broken down in the insect gut and release the viral particles which infect and multiply in the nuclei of host cells. These viruses are termed nucleopolyhedrosis viruses (NPV) and are representatives of the baculoviruses (Wildy, P. 1971 IN J.L. Melnick, ed., Monographs in Virology, vol. 5, S.Karger, New York).


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Author(s):  
Nadia Bergeron ◽  
J. Corriveau ◽  
Ann Letellier ◽  
F. Daigle ◽  
L. Lessard ◽  
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