Glycosylphosphatidylinositols are required for the development of Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4055-4060

  Garg, N ^a   Postan, M ^a,b   Mensa Wilmot, K ^a   Tarleton, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Instituto Nacional de Chagas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030863721     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.10.4055-4060.1997     Document Type: Article

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