Megasome biogenesis in Leishmania amazonensis: A morphometric and cytochemical study

Parasitology Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-97

  Ueda Nakamura, Tânia ^a,b   Attias, Márcia ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amastigote; Axenic culture; Cysteine proteinase; Immunocytochemistry; Leishmania amazonensis; Megasome biogenesis; Morphometry; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEISHMANIA; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035094602     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360000319     Document Type: Article

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