Membrane knobs of unfixed Babesia bovis-infected erythrocytes: New findings as revealed by atomic force microscopy and surface potential spectroscopy

Parasitology International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Aikawa, Masamichi ^a   Kawazu, Shin Ichiro ^b   Kamio, Tujihiko ^b   Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu ^c   Naya, Toshimitsu ^c   Torii, Motomi ^d   Ito, Yoshihiro ^e   Tandler, Bernard ^f   Nakano, Yamaji ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^g   Shiraishi, Soshi ^h   Kanamura, Kiyoshi ^h  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Babesia bovis; Knob; Plasmodium falciparum; Surface potential spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BABESIA BOVIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0001006307     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(97)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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