The ultrastructural architecture of the adult Schistosoma japonicum tegument

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1561-1575

  Gobert, Geoffrey N ^a   Stenzel, Deborah J ^b   McManus, Donald P ^a   Jones, Malcolm K ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Schistosoma japonicum; Tegument; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICAL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORM TEGUMENT;

MAMMALIA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0242720366     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00255-8     Document Type: Note

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