A cell-body groove housing the new flagellum tip suggests an adaptation of cellular morphogenesis for parasitism in the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 5748-5757

  Hughes, Louise ^a   Towers, Katie ^a   Starborg, Tobias ^b   Gull, Keith ^c   Vaughan, Sue ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Flagellum; Microtubule; Sbf sem; Serial block face scanning electron microscopy; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLUM TIP; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE CORSET; MICROTUBULE QUARTET; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERIAL BLOCK FACE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AXONEME; FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; SBF-SEM; SERIAL BLOCK FACE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AXONEME; CELL CYCLE; FLAGELLA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84890129324     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.139139     Document Type: Article

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