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Jul 2026
Chemotactic responses of Trypanosoma brucei procyclic forms to proline and other metabolites
Using a semi-solid plate motility assay, it is shown that early procyclic forms of Trypanosoma brucei, the first stage to develop in the tsetse fly midgut, perceive several metabolites as chemoattractants, while the glycolytic end-product succinate acts as a repellent.
Sebastian Knüsel, Mattias Benninger, David M. Versluis et al.
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