Identification of nucleoli in the early branching protist Giardia duodenalis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1297-1304

  Jiménez García, Luis Felipe ^a   Zavala, Guadalupe ^b   Chávez Munguía, Bibiana ^c   Ramos Godínez, María del Pilar ^d   López Velázquez, Gabriel ^e   Segura Valdez, María de Lourdes ^a   Montañez, Cecilia ^c   Hehl, Adrian B ^f   Argüello García, Raúl ^c   Ortega Pierres, Guadalupe ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diplomonads; Giardia; Nucleolar organising region; Nucleolus; Ribonucleoproteins; rRNA processing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DYSKERIN; EPITOPE; FIBRILLARIN; PSEUDOURIDINE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SILVER;

CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GIARDIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

DIPLOMONADIDA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 48349101285     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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