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Extracellular glutamine is essential in cell division and flagellar function in bloodstream forms of <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>
2025-11-17
Abstract excerpt
Trypanosoma brucei is the etiologic agent of African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. In the mammalian host, T. brucei is present as replicative and non-replicative bloodstream forms (BSF) referred to as long slender and stumpy, respectively. In the insect vector, the developmental forms are procyclic (PCF), epimastigote, and metacyclic trypomastigote. It is well established that BSF use glucose...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 88dd2bfd-0a76-5aae-b73c-62c619765084
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.11.17.688794
