The median body of Giardia lamblia: An ultrastructural study

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 735-746

  Piva, Bruno ^a   Benchimol, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Giardia lamblia; Median body; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 10244256458     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biolcel.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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