Signal transduction mechanisms in Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-33

  Flawiá, Mirtha M ^a   Téllez Iñón, María T ^a   Torres, Héctor N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0343376122     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(96)10070-3     Document Type: Article

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