The nuclei of Giardia lamblia - New ultrastructural observations

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-168

  Benchimol, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axonemes; Basal body; FESEM; Giardia lamblia; Nuclei; SEM

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; CENTRIN; CYTOCHALASIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KINETOSOME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPHOZOITE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DYNEIN ATPASE; FLAGELLA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TUBULIN;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 17444390055     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0751-8     Document Type: Article

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