Bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei require only small amounts of iron for growth

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-62

  Steverding, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOTRANSFERRIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CULTURE MEDIA; IRON; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0031907806     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050357     Document Type: Article

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