Coordination of cell cycle and cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 600-607

  McKean, Paul G ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL CYCLE; CYTOKINESIS; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0347364719     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.010     Document Type: Review

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