Contribution of microscopy to a better understanding of the anatomy of pathogenic protists.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 121(17): e2321515121, 2024 Apr 23.
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ABSTRACT
In this Inaugural Article the author briefly revises its scientific career and how he starts to work with parasitic protozoa. Emphasis is given to his contribution to topics such as a) the structural organization of the surface of protozoa using freeze-fracture and deep-etching; b) the cytoskeleton of protozoa, especially structures such as the subpellicular microtubules of trypanosomatids, the conoid of Toxoplasma gondii, microtubules and inner membrane complex of this protozoan, and the costa of Tritrichomonas foetus; c) the flagellulm of trypanosomatids, that in addition to the axoneme contains a complex network of filaments that constitute the paraflagellar rod; d) special organelles such as the acidocalcisome, hydrogenosome, and glycosome; and e) the highly polarized endocytic pathway found in epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Eukaryota
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Microtubules
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
United States