Cyclic AMP Regulates Social Behavior in African Trypanosomes

ABSTRACT The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei engages in surface-induced social behavior, termed social motility, characterized by single cells assembling into multicellular groups that coordinate their movements in response to extracellular signals. Social motility requires sensing and respond...

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Main Authors: Michael Oberholzer, Edwin A. Saada, Kent L. Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-07-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01954-14

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