Amylopectin: A major component of the residual body in Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-282

  Harris, J R ^a   Adrian, M ^b   Petry, F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Cryptosporidium parvum; Electron microscopy; Negative staining; Residual body; Sporozoite

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLOPECTIN; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPOROZOITE; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMYLOPECTIN; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYSTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 1842607375     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200300458X     Document Type: Article

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