Ultrastructure of smooth muscle, gap junctions and glycogen distribution in Taenia solium tapeworms from experimentally infected hamsters

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 308-316

  Willms, Kaethe ^a   Robert, Lilia ^a   Caro, José Antonio ^b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria ^*  (Mexico)

^b Metro West Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSPORT; CYSTICERCUS; CYTOPLASM; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; HAMSTER; INTESTINE PARASITE; MUSCLE CELL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SARCOPLASM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAPEWORM INFECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WORM TEGUMENT;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CRICETINAE; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0037352454     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0733-1     Document Type: Article

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