Molecular architecture of the trypanosome cytoskeleton

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Kohl, Linda ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cytoskeleton; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032523906     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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