Social motility in African trypanosomes: fact or model?

Authors :: Brice Rotureau
Philippe Bastin
Biologie Cellulaire des Trypanosomes
Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Work in the laboratory of the authors is funded by the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and an ANR grant ANR-11-BSV8-016-03
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :: Trends in Parasitology, Trends in Parasitology, Elsevier, 2015, 31 (2), pp.37-8. ⟨10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.007⟩, Trends in Parasitology, 2015, 31 (2), pp.37-8. ⟨10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.007⟩
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: HAL CCSD, 2015.
Abstract: International audience; African trypanosomes grown on agarose plates exhibit behaviours akin to social motility. This phenomenon has not been observed in vivo so far but recently turned out to be instrumental in the definition of two specific stages of the parasite cycle and as a tool to probe for trypanosome sensing functions.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 14714922
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Trends in Parasitology, Trends in Parasitology, Elsevier, 2015, 31 (2), pp.37-8. ⟨10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.007⟩, Trends in Parasitology, 2015, 31 (2), pp.37-8. ⟨10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.007⟩
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....9095742ed9684df92cb0e64a7c981022
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.007⟩