Effects of aphidicolin and hydroxyurea on the cell cycle and differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-102

  Mutomba, Martha C ^a   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphidicolin; Cell cycle; Differentiation; Hydroxyurea; Synchronization; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; HYDROXYUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030248524     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02675-8     Document Type: Article

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