Endosymbiosis in protozoa of the Trypanosomatidae family

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  De Souza, Wanderley ^a   Motta, Maria Cristina Machado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Endosymbiont; Phylogeny; Trypanosomatid; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

BACTERIUM; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CRITHIDIA; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA;

BLASTOCRITHIDIA CULICIS; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; CRITHIDIA DESOUZAI; CRITHIDIA ONCOPLETI; HERPETOMONAS ROITMANI;

EID: 0344628794     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00005-1     Document Type: Review

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