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Attachment of flagellum to the cell body is important to the kinetics of transferrin uptake by Trypanosoma cruzi.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2010
Rocha Gustavo Miranda, Seabra Sérgio H, de Miranda Kildare Rocha, Cunha-e-Silva Narcisa, de Carvalho Tecia Maria Ulisses, de Souza Wanderley
Abstract excerpt
The flagellar pocket and the cytostome are surface domains of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote involved in acquisition of nutrients. The cytostome is physically connected to the flagellar complex. To investigate if this association plays a role in endocytosis in T. cruzi, the endocytic activity in wild type and gp72 null mutant (flagellum-cell body attachment region is absent) epimastigotes was compared. Both wild...
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