Kinematic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii motility

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-163

  Frixione, Eugenio ^a   Mondragón, Ricardo ^a   Meza, Isaura ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

apicomplexa; cell movement; coccidia; computer assisted simulation; parasites; three dimensional (3 D) reconstruction; videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIDEORECORDER;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0029885786     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:2<152::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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