Difference between revisions of "Amastigote"
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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. | ||
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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]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:13, 8 September 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.
Reference:
1) http://dna.kdna.ucla.edu/parasite_course-old/Default.aspx
