Difference between revisions of "Amastigote"
From Knoesis wiki
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | Homepage: [[Trykipedia|Tcruzi]] > [[Parasite_Life_Cycle_ontology|Parasite Life Cycle ontology]] | ||
| + | ---- | ||
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. | 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. | ||
[[image: Amastigote.GIF]] | [[image: Amastigote.GIF]] | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 18 August 2009
Homepage: Tcruzi > Parasite Life Cycle ontology
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.
