DOUBLE REPLICAS ALLOW THE OBTENTION OF LONGITUDINALLY FREEZE-FRACTURED TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI

Authors
DONASCIMENTO AE DESOUZA W
Citation
Ae. Donascimento et W. Desouza, DOUBLE REPLICAS ALLOW THE OBTENTION OF LONGITUDINALLY FREEZE-FRACTURED TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI, Biocell, 20(3), 1996, pp. 243-249
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Cell Biology
Journal title
Biocell → ACNP
ISSN journal
03279545
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
243 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0327-9545(1996)20:3<243:DRATOO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The double replica device was used to obtain freeze-fracture replicas of gently pressed cells, allowing the visualization of a large number of longitudinally fractured epimastigote and trypomastigote forms of T rypanosoma cruzi. This technique revealed large areas of the plasma me mbrane, the region of attachment of the flagellum to the cell body and the branched mitochondria.