Trypanosoma cruzi: Maintenance in Culture Modify Gene and Antigenic Expression of Metacyclic Trypomastigotes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 753-760

  Contreras, Víctor T ^a   De Lima, Ana Rita ^a   Zorrilla, Gelu ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Metabolic labeling; Metacyclic; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032201310     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000600011     Document Type: Article

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