Echinococcus granulosus: Cellular territories and morphological regions in mature protoscoleces

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 524-533

  Galindo, Mario ^a   Schadebrodt, Gloria ^b   Galanti, Norbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Servicio Agricola y Ganadero   (Chile)

Author keywords

BCT; body cellular territory; body region; BR; Cellular territories; deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; E. granulosus; H; hooks; light microscopy; LM; neck region; NR; Protoscolex; RC; RCCT; RICT; rostellar cone; rostellar cone cellular territory; rostellar intermediate cellular territory; rostellar pad cellular territory; rostellar region; RPCT; RR; S; scanning electron microscopy; SCT; SEM; SR; sucker cellular territory; sucker region; suckers; TEM; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 46749108764     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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