• The peritrophic matrix (from the prefix peri-, meaning around, and -trophic, referring to nutrition(food)) or peritrophic membrane is a semi-permeable...
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    follows: Soon after entering the gut, the amastigotes get coated with peritrophic matrix, which is composed of chitin and protein complex. This protects the...
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    including the apron, and an associated structure analogous to the peritrophic matrix". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128 (3): 269–287. doi:10...
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    extracellularly and do not produce hemozoin. Heme is retained in the peritrophic matrix, a layer of protein and polysaccharides that covers the midgut and...
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    in the gut is enclosed in a permeable membrane, analogous to the peritrophic matrix of insects. They are also able to absorb nutrients directly through...
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    host inhospitable.: 346  The procyclic trypomastigotes cross the peritrophic matrix, undergo slight elongation and migrate to the anterior part of the...
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    domain. It is found in chitin binding proteins, particularly the peritrophic matrix proteins of insects and animal chitinases. Copies of the domain are...
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    including the apron, and an associated structure analogous to the peritrophic matrix". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128 (3): 269–287. doi:10...
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    Braga, M. M. Santoro, and P. F. P. Pimenta, “Lutzomyia longipalpis peritrophic matrix: Formation, structure, and chemical composition,” Journal of Medical...
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