Novel filamentous bundles in the cytoplasm of a unicellular eukaryote, Crithidia fasciculata

Protoplasma

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Page, A M ^a   Lagnado, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunolabelling; Intermediate filaments; Trypanosome cytoskeleton; Unicellular eukaryotes

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT LABELING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROFILAMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031913108     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280712     Document Type: Article

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