Cellular organization and appearance of differentiated structures in developing stages of the parasitic platyhelminth Echinococcus granulosus

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-335

  Martínez, Claudio ^a   Paredes, R ^b   Stock, R P ^c   Saralegui, A ^c   Andreu, M ^b   Cabezon C ^b   Ehrlich, R ^a   Galanti, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cell organization; Differentiation; Protoscolex development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUD; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA CONTENT; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HERBIVORY; HYDATID CYST; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; PLATYHELMINTHES;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; LARVA;

EID: 18444396177     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20294     Document Type: Article

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