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Cysteine proteinases of Trypanosoma cruzi: from digestive enzymes to programmed cell death mediators

GREGOR KOSEC^*¶, VANINA ALVAREZ^**¶, JUAN J. CAZZULO**

* Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
** Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnologicas (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de General San Martin – CONICET. Av. Gral. Paz 5445, (1650) San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¶ These authors contributed equally to the present work.
Address correspondence to: Dr. Juan José Cazzulo. E-mail: jcazzulo@iib.unsam.edu.ar Fax: (+54-11) 4752 9639