Gross anatomy of the muscle systems of Fasciola hepatica as visualized by phalloidin-fluorescence and confocal microscopy

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-82

  Mair, G R ^a   Maule, A G ^a   Shaw, C ^a   Johnston, C F ^a   Halton, D W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fasciola hepatica; Muscle; Phalloidin; Platyhelminthes; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FLUORESCENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; INTESTINE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE FIBERS; PHALLOIDINE;

CATOSTOMIDAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031901370     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002807     Document Type: Article

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