metacyclogenesis

Mathematical models predict that the future of epidemics of drug-resistant pathogens depends in part on the competitive fitness… (More)

Proteasomes are intracellular complexes that control protein degradation in organisms ranging from Archaebacteria to mammals. In… (More)

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of the Chagas disease, has a complex life cycle alternating between replicative and… (More)

During metacyclogenesis of Leishmania in its sand fly vector, the parasite differentiates from a noninfective, procyclic form to… (More)

Differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes to metacyclic trypomastigotes occurs in the insect rectum, after adhesion of… (More)

The transformation of epimastigotes into metacyclic trypomastigotes involves changes in the pattern of expressed genes, resulting… (More)

Cruzipain, the major cysteine proteinase of Trypanosoma cruzi has been proposed as a target for chemotherapy against Chagas… (More)

Investigation of protease activities during the transformation of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes into metacyclic trypomastigoes… (More)

The biological characterization of the Trypanosoma cruzi clone Dm 28c in terms of its growth in LIT medium, cell-cycle… (More)

The in vivo virulence patterns of promastigote populations defined on the basis of agglutination by the lectin peanut agglutinin… (More)