Multi-membrane-bound structures of Apicomplexa: I. The architecture of the Toxoplasma gondii apicoplast

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 258-272

  Köhler, Sabine ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 21644480771     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1338-2     Document Type: Article

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