Glutamine metabolism modulates azole susceptibility in Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes

The mechanisms underlying resistance of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, to current therapies are not well understood, including the role of metabolic heterogeneity. We found that limiting exogenous glutamine protects actively dividing amastigotes from ergosterol biosynthesis inhibito...

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Main Authors: Peter C Dumoulin, Joshua Vollrath, Sheena Shah Tomko, Jennifer X Wang, Barbara Burleigh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/60226