Trypanosoma cruzi and erythrocyte agglutinins: A comparative study of occurrence and properties in the gut and hemolymph of rhodnius prolixus

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Ratcliffe, N A ^a,b   Nigam, Y ^a   Mello, C B ^c   Garcia, E S ^b   Azambuja, P ^b,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agglutinins; Lectins; Rhodnius prolixus; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMIPTERA; HEMOLYMPH; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030176297     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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