Ultrastructural and biochemical analysis of the relationship of Crithidia deanei with its endosymbiont

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 370-377

  Motta, Maria Cristina M ^a   Soares, Maurilio J ^b   Attias, Márcia ^a   Morgado, José ^a   Dos Passos Lemos, Adriana ^a   Saad Nehme, Jorge ^a   Meyer Fernandes, José Roberto ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Biochemical and cytochemical assays; Endosymbiont; Glycosome; Respiratory chain

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRITHIDIA; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030932679     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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