Tsetse Fly and Key Enzyme (Cathepsin B) (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Tsetse Fly and Key Enzyme (Cathepsin B)

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This image depicts a tsetse fly coupled with the structure of the key enzyme (cathepsin B) that enables the single-celled parasite that causes African trypanosomiasis (or sleeping sickness) in humans.

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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