Relevance of Hemin for in vitro Differentiation ofTrypanosoma cruzi1
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Protozoology
- Vol. 32 (3) , 553-555
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1985.tb04061.x
Abstract
Simple culture conditions that allow good growth and high yields of trypomastigotes are described. The proportion of metacyclic trypomastigotes increases with the concentration of hemin in the culture medium, reaching a peak of 80% after 10 days with 20 mg hemin/liter.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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