The paraflagellar rod of Kinetoplastida: Solved and unsolved questions

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 302-307

  Bastin, Philippe ^a   Matthews, Keith R ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0030222026     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10031-4     Document Type: Review

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