Hydrophobic and electrostatic cell surface properties of Cryptosporidium parvum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1227-1232

  Drozd, C ^a   Schwartzbrod, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTANE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MICROELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PH;

EID: 0029916483     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1227-1232.1996     Document Type: Article

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