The undulating membrane of trichomonads - The structure and immunolabelling of its cytoskeleton

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 298-305

  Germot, Agnès ^a   Brugerolle, Guy ^a   Viscogliosi, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Immunolabelling; Membrane membrane association; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029837502     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(96)80052-6     Document Type: Article

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