Evolutionary analyses of myosin genes in trypanosomatids show a history of expansion, secondary losses and neofunctionalization

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Myosins are motor proteins that comprise a large and diversified family important for a broad range of functions. Two myosin classes, I and XIII, were previously assigned in Trypanosomatids, based mainly on the studies of Trypanosoma cruzi, T. brucei and Leishmania major, and important human pathogenic species; seven orphan myosins were identified in T. cruzi. Our results show that the great variety of T. cruzi...

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