The cytostome of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes is associated with the flagellar complex

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-231

  Okuda, Kendi ^a   Esteva, Mónica ^b   Segura, Elsa L ^b   Bijovsy, A Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytostome; Epimastigotes; Flagellar complex; Immunocytochemistry; Trypanosoma cruzi; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLAGELLUM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032799746     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4419     Document Type: Article

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