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Fig. 3

From: Insights about the structure of farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) and the activity of bisphosphonates on the proliferation and ultrastructure of Leishmania and Giardia

Fig. 3

Ultrastructural evaluation of L. infantum treated with N-BP. Promastigotes of L. infantum: control, not treated (a–c); treated with risedronate (d–g); treated with alendronate (h–l). Mitochondrial swelling (short arrow); double membrane and vacuoles (long arrow); myelin figure (*); plasma membrane blebs (arrowhead). Abbreviations: N, nucleus; K, kinetoplast, M mitochondria; F flagellum; FP, flagellar pocket; G, Golgi; MI, membrane invagination. Scale-bars: a–d, 500 nm; e, 200 nm; f–l, 500 nm

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