Different ultrastructural morphology of Pneumocystis carinii derived from mice, rats, and rabbits

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 771-779

  Nielsen, M H ^a   Settnes, O P ^a   Aliouat, E M ^b   Cailliez, J C ^b   Dei Cas, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Host species linked heterogeneity; Membrane limited cytoplasmic granules; Mouse; Pneumocystis carinii; Rabbit; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0031684506     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00223.x     Document Type: Article

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