Isolation and biochemical characterization of the plasma membrane of Tritrichomonas foetus

Biocell

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-31

  Morgado Díaz, José A ^a   Monteiro Leal, Luiz H ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marker enzymes; Plasma membrane isolation; Subcellular fractionation; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0346246973     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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