An introduction to the structural organization of parasitic protozoa

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 822-838

  de Souza, Wanderley ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Parasitic protozoa; Structural organization

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ENZYME;

APICOPLAST; CELL GRANULE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG TARGETING; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GLYCOSOME; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYDROGENOSOME; KINETOPLAST; MAMMAL CELL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICRONEME; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSOME; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RHOPTRIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ORGANELLES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 44349096685     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208784041123     Document Type: Review

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