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- Title
Alpha-glucosidase promotes hemozoin formation in a blood-sucking bug: an evolutionary history.
- Authors
Mury, Flávia Borges; da Silva, José Roberto; Ferreira, Ligia Souza; dos Santos Ferreira, Beatriz; de Souza-Filho, Gonçalo Apolinário; de Souza-Neto, Jayme Augusto; Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo Martins; Silva, Carlos Peres; do Nascimento, Viviane Veiga; Machado, Olga Lima Tavares; Berbert-Molina, Marília Amorim; Dansa-Petretski, Marilvia
- Abstract
Hematophagous insects digest large amounts of host hemoglobin and release heme inside their guts. In Rhodnius prolixus, hemoglobin-derived heme is detoxified by biomineralization, forming hemozoin (Hz). Recently, the involvement of the R. prolixus perimicrovillar membranes in Hz formation was demonstrated.
- Publication
PloS one, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 9, pe6966
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0006966