Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) cleavage of GPI-anchored surface molecules of Trypanosoma cruzi triggers in vitro morphological reorganization of trypomastigotes

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-37

  Mortara, Renato A ^a   Minelli, Lindamar M S ^b   Vandekerckhove, Filip ^c   Nussenzweig, Victor ^c   Juarez Ramalho Pinto, F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Flagellum; GPI; PI PLC; Protozoa; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigote

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPITOPE; IN VITRO CULTURE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035123808     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00413.x     Document Type: Article

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