Transformation of monomorphic Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream form trypomastigotes into procyclic forms at 37°C by removing glucose from the culture medium

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-112

  Milne, Kenneth G ^a   Prescott, Alan R ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Transformation; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALICYLAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0032128048     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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