CYCLES WITHIN CYCLES - THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIFFERENTIATION AND CELL-DIVISION IN TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI

被引:38
作者
MATTHEWS, KR
GULL, K
机构
[1] Keith Matthews and Keith Gull are, the School of Biological Sciences, Division of Biochemistry, Manchester, M13 9PT, Stopford Building Oxford Road
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1994年 / 10卷 / 12期
基金
英国惠康基金;
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D O I
10.1016/0169-4758(94)90159-7
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The life cycle of the African trypanosome is divided between the mammal and the tsetse. Those life cycle stages which traverse between these two hosts appear to be ere-adapted for survival in their new habitat They are also non-dividing. Here, Keith Matthews and Keith Gull discuss how and why trypanosomes might enmesh the control of their cell cycle with their regulation of the transition between different life cycle forms.
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页码:473 / 476
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