Corinne Asencio, Perrine Hervé, Pauline Morand, Quentin Oliveres, Chloé Alexandra Morel, Valérie Prouzet-Mauleon, Marc Biran, Sarah Monic, Mélanie Bonhivers, Derrick Roy Robinson, Marc Ouellette, Loïc Rivière, Frédéric Bringaud, Emmanuel Tetaud
Kinetoplastids are unicellular eukaryotic flagellated parasites found in a wide range of hosts within the animal and plant kingdoms. They are known to be responsible in humans for African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei), Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi), and various forms of leishmaniasis (Leishmania spp.), as well as several animal diseases with important economic impact (African trypanosomes, including Trypanosoma congolense). Understanding the biology of these parasites necessarily implies the ability to manipulate their genomes...
April 1, 2024: Molecular Microbiology