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SUBMITTER: Yadavalli R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8062965 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yadavalli Raghavendra R Umeda Kousuke K Waugh Hannah A HA Tracy Adrienne N AN Sidhu Asha V AV Hernández Derek E DE Fernández Robledo José A JA
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20210409
<i>Perkinsus marinus</i> (Perkinsozoa), a close relative of apicomplexans, is an osmotrophic facultative intracellular marine protozoan parasite responsible for "Dermo" disease in oysters and clams. Although there is no clinical evidence of this parasite infecting humans, HLA-DR4<sup>0</sup> transgenic mice studies strongly suggest the parasite as a natural adjuvant in oral vaccines. <i>P. marinus</i> is being developed as a heterologous gene expression platform for pathogens of medical and vete ...[more]