Mitochondrial DNA is critical for longevity and metabolism of transmission stage Trypanosoma brucei

• Caroline E. Dewar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-6985

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• Paula MacGregor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-3745

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• Sinclair Cooper,

  Roles Resources

  Current address: Synpromics Ltd, Roslin Innovation Centre, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-1591

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• Matthew K. Gould,

  Roles Resources

  Current address: Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Keith R. Matthews,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Nicholas J. Savill,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9769-6168

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• Achim Schnaufer

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: achim.schnaufer@ed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-5560

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