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Movie 1 corresponds to Fig. 1A of the article and contains a sequence showing the phagocytosis of a Leishmania amazonensis metacyclic promastigote by a mouse macrophage. The parasite is phagocytosed with the cell body entering first and through the formation of a long tubular pseudopod. Images were captured every 0.5 seconds over the course of 367 seconds.


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Movie 2 corresponds to Fig. 1B of the article and contains a sequence showing the phagocytosis of a Leishmania amazonensis metacyclic promastigote by a mouse macrophage. The parasite binds to the macrophage plasma membrane by the tip of the flagellum. It then turns around and is finally ingested via the cell body. Images were captured every 0.5 seconds over the course of 125 seconds.









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