My favorite cell: Giardia

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-263

  Upcroft, Jacqui ^a   Upcroft, Peter ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CYSTEINE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOME; GIARDIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYSTEINE; CYTOSKELETON; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0032031145     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199803)20:3<256::AID-BIES9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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