metacyclogenesis
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metacyclogenesis (uncountable)
- The process of converting procyclic promastigotes into highly infective metacyclic promastigotes
- 2015 August 13, “A Novel Method for Inducing Amastigote-To-Trypomastigote Transformation In Vitro in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals the Importance of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Among the transformation steps, the mechanisms underlying metacyclogenesis have been extensively studied.