Ultrastructure of the surface structures and electron immunogold labeling of peptide immunoreactivity in the nervous system of Pseudothoracocotyla indica (Polyopisthocotylea: Monogenea)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 638-646

  Brennan, G P ^a   Ramasamy, P ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GOLD; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; TREMATODA;

EID: 0029810357     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050178     Document Type: Article

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