Uptake of <sc>l</sc>-Alanine and Its Distinct Roles in the Bioenergetics of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Trypanosoma cruzi</named-content>
ABSTRACT Amino acids participate in several critical processes in the biology of trypanosomatids, such as osmoregulation, cell differentiation, and host cell invasion. Some of them provide reducing power for mitochondrial ATP synthesis. It was previously shown that alanine, which is formed mainly by...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-08-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphereDirect.00338-18 |