A method for the isolation of tegument syncytium mitochondria from Taenia crassiceps cysticerci and partial characterization of their aerobic metabolism

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 461-468

  Del Arenal Mena, Irene P ^a   Bonilla, Alicia Cea ^a   Moreno Sánchez, Rafael ^a,b   Escamilla, José E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; HELMINTH; INTEGUMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SYNCYTIUM; TAENIA;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALATES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; NAD; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SAPONINS; SOLUBILITY; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATES;

ANIMALIA; TAENIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; VERMES;

EID: 15144358598     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284706     Document Type: Article

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