Ultrastructural observations of the tegument of Postorchigenes gymnesicus (Digenea: Lecithodendriidae)

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Ferrer, J R ^a   Gracenea, M ^a   Trullols, M ^a   Gonzalez Moreno, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ESOPHAGUS; INTEGUMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POSTORCHIGENES GYMNESICUS; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREMATODE;

EID: 0029990338     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015078     Document Type: Article

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