Difference between revisions of "Amastigote"
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[[expected_location::mammalian cells]].Seen in [[seen_in::Leishmania]] sp and in [[seen_in::Trypanosoma cruzi]]. | [[expected_location::mammalian cells]].Seen in [[seen_in::Leishmania]] sp and in [[seen_in::Trypanosoma cruzi]]. | ||
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[[Category: Tcruzi]] [[Category:Parasite Life Cycle ontology]] | [[Category: Tcruzi]] [[Category:Parasite Life Cycle ontology]] |
Revision as of 15:16, 17 August 2009
Amastigote is an intracellular "replicative" form of a parasite. It is a round/oval shaped cell without any protruding flagellum. Amastigotes replicate inside the infected tissue cells (of vertebrate host) by binary fission and transform into trypomastigotes.
expected_location::mammalian cells.Seen in seen_in::Leishmania sp and in seen_in::Trypanosoma cruzi.