eLife7y
Developmental adaptations of trypanosome motility to the tsetse fly host environments unravel a multifaceted in vivo microswimmer system
The highly motile and versatile protozoan pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes a complex life cycle in the tsetse fly. Here we introduce the host insect as an expedient model environment for ...
eLife8y
Evolutionary diversification of the trypanosome haptoglobin-haemoglobin receptor from an ancestral haemoglobin receptor
Trypanosomes are single-celled parasites that infect a range of animal hosts. These parasites need a molecule called haem to grow properly and are mostly spread by insects that feed on the blood of ...