Subpellicular microtubules associate with an intramembranous particle lattice in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Morrissette, Naomi S ^a,b   Murray, John M ^a   Roos, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan parasite; Membrane cytoskeleton; Microtubule structure; Microtubule associated protein; Motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREEZE FRACTURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREEZE FRACTURING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROTUBULES; MOVEMENT; NEGATIVE STAINING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0031018273     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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