title: Social motility in African trypanosomes: fact or model?
abstract: African trypanosomes grown on agarose plates exhibit behaviours akin to social motility. This phenomenon has not been observed in vivo so far but recently turned out to be instrumental in the definition of two specific stages of the parasite cycle and as a tool to probe for trypanosome sensing functions.
authors.affiliation: Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur and CNRS URA 2581, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bastin
authors.affiliation: Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur and CNRS URA 2581, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: rotureau@pasteur.fr.
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rotureau
mesh_terms: D002450:Cell Communication; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Trypanosoma; cell interactions; model; sensing; social motility; tsetse fly