MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
NEK kinase TcRDK2 controls differentiation, host-cell infection, and remodeling of the translation initiation machinery in Trypanosoma cruzi
Juliana Nunes Rosón, Jessica Huckleberry, Noelia Marina Lander, Miguel Ángel Chiurillo
This study identifies TcRDK2 as a NEK kinase essential for kinetoplast segregation, metacyclogenesis, and host-cell infection in T. cruzi, highlighting it as a potential therapeutic target for Chagas disease.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.07.730777