New comprehension of the apicoplast of Sarcocystis by transmission electron tomography

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 535-545

  Tomova, Cveta ^a   Geerts, Willie J C ^b   Müller Reichert, Thomas ^c   Entzeroth, Rolf ^a   Humbel, Bruno M ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan parasite; Freeze substitution; High pressure freezing; Resin embedding; Secondary endosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; EIMERIA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SARCOCYSTIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DEER; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; ORGANELLES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SARCOCYSTIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; EIMERIA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROKARYOTA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 33748477208     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20060028     Document Type: Article

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