L-Proline is essential for the intracellular differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 733-741

  Tonelli, Renata R ^c   Silber, Ariel M ^c   Almeida de Faria, Marinez ^c   Hirata, Izaura Y ^b   Colli, Walter ^a   Alves, Júlia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLINE;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFERENTIATION; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PROLINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 4043103305     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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