Entry and intracellular location of Mycoplasma hominis in Trichomonas vaginalis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-18

  Vancini, Ricardo Gomes ^a,b   Benchimol, Marlene ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma hominis; Mycoplasmas; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOSOL; ENDOCYTOSIS; INTERNALIZATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 36349020319     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0288-8     Document Type: Article

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