metacyclogenesis

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Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ cyclo- +‎ -genesis

Noun[edit]

metacyclogenesis (uncountable)

  1. 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], →DOI:
      Among the transformation steps, the mechanisms underlying metacyclogenesis have been extensively studied.
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