Entamoeba dispar: Ultrastructure, surface properties and cytopathic effect

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Espinosa Cantellano, Martha ^a   González Robles, Arturo ^a   Chávez, Bibiana ^a   Castañón, Guadalupe ^a   Argüello, Carlos ^a   Lázaro Haller, Amparo ^a   Martínez Palomo, Adolfo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amebas; Amebiasis; Carrier; Non pathogenic; Parasites; Pathogenesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CLONE; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOPATHOGENICITY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; MICROELECTROPHORESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 2642671954     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04535.x     Document Type: Article

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