Characterization and function of the microsporidian polar tube: A review

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-127

  Keohane, Elaine M ^a,b   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon; Glugea; Invasion mechanism; Microsporidia; Polar tube proteins; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DITHIOTHREITOL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSPORIDA; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DETERGENTS; DITHIOTHREITOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROSPORIDA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPORES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; EUKARYOTA; GLUGEA; GLUGEA AMERICANUS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 0031902960     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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