Microtubule cytoskeleton behavior in the initial steps of host cell invasion by Besnoitia besnoiti

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4673-4682

  Reis, Y ^a,e   Cortes, H ^b   Viseu Melo, L ^c   Fazendeiro, I ^d   Leitao A ^a   Soares, H ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Cytoskeleton; Host cell invasion; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENSOITIA BESNOITI; CELL INVASION; CYTOSKELETON; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROTUBULES; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33747079988     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.050     Document Type: Article

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