Morphological analysis of isolated rhoptries from Plasmodium yoelii, P. berghei, and P. chabaudi merozoites

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-278

  Sam Yellowe, T Y ^a   Fujioka, H ^b   Aikawa, M ^b,c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Electron microscopy; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium chabaudi; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium yoelii; Rhoptries; Subcellular fractionation

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; MEROZOITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032780228     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4420     Document Type: Article

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