Metabolic changes in Giardia intestinalis during differentiation

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Paget, Timothy A ^a,b   Macechko, P Timothy ^a,c   Jarroll, Edward L ^a,d  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYST; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ASPARTIC ACID; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031957675     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284474     Document Type: Article

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