Term Information

Accession
GO:0120310
Name
amastigogenesis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
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Definition
The morphological, biochemical and genetic changes that induce the differentiation of metacyclic parasites into amastigotes in some of the Trypanosomatidae species such as Leishmania parasites and Trypanosoma cruzi. This process occurs inside the cells of the mammalian hosts, particularly in macrophages and other phagocytic cells for Leishmania parasites. Source: PMID:26752404, GOC:krc, PMID:12377273, PMID:13129524, GOC:ach, DOI:10.5772/intechopen.84639
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History
See term history for GO:0120310 at QuickGO
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Parents of amastigogenesis (GO:0120310)
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amastigogenesis [is_a relation] is_a  development of symbiont in host (GO:0044114)

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