Unconventional specimen preparation techniques using high resolution low voltage field emission scanning electron microscopy to study cell motility, host cell invasion, and internal cell structures in Toxoplasma gondii

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 94-103

  Schatten, Heide ^a   Ris, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan parasites; Cytoskeleton; Host cell invasion; Motility

Indexed keywords

ACTINS; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VACUOLES; ANIMALS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VACUOLE; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

EID: 0036023361     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927601020025     Document Type: Article

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