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The evolution of two Trypanosoma cruzi subgroups inferred from rRNA genes can be correlated with the interchange of American mammalian faunas in the Cenozoic and has implications to pathogenicity and host specificity

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The Lipid Structure of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored Mucin-like Sialic Acid Acceptors of Trypanosoma cruzi Changes during Parasite Differentiation from Epimastigotes to Infective Metacyclic Trypomastigote Forms

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1,2-cis O-Glycosylation: Methods, Strategies, Principles

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