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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.757185/full |