metacyclics

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A form of metacyclic — Describing the infective part of the life cycle of trypanosomes outside the body of a host

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of metacyclic
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    Wild-type and Il22 -/- mice were intradermally infected with 2 x10 6 L . major promastigote metacyclics and cells from 5 week old lesions were collected and analyzed by flow cytometry. (A) Representative dot plots and bar graphs depict frequencies and total cell numbers of CD4+, CD8+, CD11b+, and LY6G+ cells. (B-C) RNA was isolated from the lesions of wild-type mice infected with L . major to assess gene expression.

    2015 August 18, Ciara Gimblet et al., “IL-22 Protects against Tissue Damage during Cutaneous Leishmaniasis”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI
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