Giardia lamblia - A model organism for eukaryotic cell differentiation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-7

  Svärd, Staffan G ^a,b   Hagblom, Per ^a,b   Palm, J E Daniel ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cytokinesis; DNA replication; Encystation; Excystation; Parasite

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINESIS; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037458150     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01107-2     Document Type: Review

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