Electron tomographic and ultrastructural analysis of the Cryptosporidium parvum relict mitochondrion, its associated membranes, and organelles

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-140

  Keithly, Janet S ^a,b   Langreth, Susan G ^c   Buttle, Karolyn F ^a   Mannella, Carmen A ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic parasitic protist; Apicomplexan organelles; Crystalloid body; High voltage electron tomography; Mitochondrial cristae; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; IRON; METAZOAN; MICROORGANISM; MITOCHONDRION; PROTIST; SULFIDE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; TUBULOCRISTATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; SPOROZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; SPOROZOITES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21844467270     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.04-3317.x     Document Type: Article

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