Gamete Fusion: Key Protein Identified

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Goodman, Christopher D ^a   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; MALARIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 45849105215     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.05.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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