Meanings
nounmetacyclogenesis (uncountable)
- uncountableThe process of converting procyclic promastigotes into highly infective metacyclic promastigotes
Among the transformation steps, the mechanisms underlying metacyclogenesis have been extensively studied.
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, →DOI
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