Ultrastructural and Functional Analysis of a Novel Extra-Axonemal Structure in Parasitic Trichomonads

Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus are extracellular flagellated parasites that inhabit humans and other mammals, respectively. In addition to motility, flagella act in a variety of biological processes in different cell types, and extra-axonemal structures (EASs) have been described as...

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Main Authors: Veronica M. Coceres, Lucrecia S. Iriarte, Abigail Miranda-Magalhães, Thiago André Santos de Andrade, Natalia de Miguel, Antonio Pereira-Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.757185/full