Trypanosoma brucei: Analysis of cytoplasmic Ca2+ during differentiation of bloodstream stages in vitro

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-146

  Stojdl, D F ^a,b   Clarke, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bloodstream form trypanosomes; Ca2+ fluorescence; SQ RT PCR; Thapsigargin releasable Ca2+; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0030176415     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0057     Document Type: Article

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