Anaerobic protists and hidden mitochondria

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1127-1129

  Yarlett, Nigel ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENTAMOEBA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAN SPORE; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ENTAMOEBA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2942530594     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27174-0     Document Type: Review

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