Freeze-fracture and cytochemical studies on the in vitro cyst form of reptilian Blastocystis pythoni

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-75

  Yoshikawa, Hisao ^a   Nagashima, Minako ^a   Morimoto, Keiko ^a   Yamanouti, Yasuko ^a   Yap, Eu Hian ^b   Singh, Mulkit ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Culture; Glycogen; Histochemistry; Intramembrane particles; Protozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; FREEZE FRACTURING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPTILES;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS PYTHONI; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037226368     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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