Amastigote
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amastigote
An early stage in the life cycle of trypanosomes, found in invertebrates. The body is rounded and the flagellum is absent or represented by a short fibril. The kinetoplast is present.
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Amastigote
An amastigote is a cell that does not have a visible external flagella or cilia. The term is used mainly to describe a certain phase in the life-cycle of trypanosome protozoans. It is also called the leishmanial stage, since in Leishmania it is the form the parasite takes in the vertebrate host, but occurs in all trypanosome genera.
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- ^ Kahn, S; M Wleklinski, A Aruffo, A Farr, D Coder and M Kahn (1995). "Trypanosoma cruzi amastigote adhesion to macrophages is facilitated by the mannose receptor". Journal of Experimental Medicine 182 (3): 1243–1258. doi:10.1084/jem.182.5.1243. PMC 2192192. PMID 7595195. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2192192. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
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