A Novel Method for Inducing Amastigote-To-Trypomastigote Transformation In Vitro in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals the Importance of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor

• Muneaki Hashimoto ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muneaki Hashimoto, Jorge Morales

  * E-mail: muneaki@juntendo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8421, Japan

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• Jorge Morales ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muneaki Hashimoto, Jorge Morales

  Current address: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8421, Japan

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• Haruki Uemura,

  Affiliation Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852–8523, Japan

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• Katsuhiko Mikoshiba,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351–0198, Japan, Calcium Oscillation Project, International Cooperative Research Project and Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332–0012, Japan

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• Takeshi Nara

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8421, Japan

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