Novel Observations Concerning Differentiation of Bloodstream-Form Trypanosomes to the Form That Is Adapted for Growth in Tsetse Flies

ABSTRACT Salivarian trypanosomes grow in mammals, where they depend on glucose, and as procyclic forms in tsetse flies, where they metabolize proline. Differentiation of bloodstream forms to nongrowing stumpy forms, and to procyclic forms, has been studied extensively, but reconciling the results is...

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Main Author: Christine Clayton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00533-18