Uptake of l-Alanine and Its Distinct Roles in the Bioenergetics of Trypanosoma cruzi
It is well known that trypanosomatids such as the etiological agent of Chagas’ disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, produce alanine as a main end product of their energy metabolism when they grow in a medium containing glucose and amino acids. In this work, we investigated if under starvation conditions (whi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-07-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphereDirect.00338-18 |