Monocercomonas sp.: Cytochemistry and fine structure of freeze-fractured membranes

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 314-322

  Diniz, José Antonio P ^a   Benchimol, Marlene ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fast freezing; Freeze etching; Hydrogenosome; Neutral and acid phosphatases; Thiaminopyrophosphatase; Trichomonads

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALBUMIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; FREEZE FRACTURE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PATHOGENESIS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATASE;

MONOCERCOMONAS; TROPIDOPHIS MELANURUS;

EID: 0031819413     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04542.x     Document Type: Article

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