Maurer's cleft organization in the cytoplasm of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes: New insights from three-dimensional reconstruction of serial ultrathin sections

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 567-582

  Wickert, Hannes ^a,b   Göttler, Wolfgang ^a   Krohne, Georg ^a   Lanzer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Maurer's clefts; P. falciparum; Serial sectioning; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 12344305982     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00432     Document Type: Article

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