Adhesion of Plasmodium gallinaceum ookinetes to the Aedes aegypti midgut: Sites of parasite attachment and morphological changes in the ookinete

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 512-520

  Zieler, Helge ^a   Garon, Claude F ^a   Fischer, Elizabeth R ^a   Shahabuddin, Mohammed ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvilli associated network; Peritrophic membrane; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; CELL ADHESION; FERTILIZATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MORPHOGENESIS; OOKINETE; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PROTEIN;

ADHESION; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

EID: 0032170374     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05110.x     Document Type: Article

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