Giardia lamblia behavior during encystment: How morphological changes in shape occur

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-80

  Midlej, Victor ^a,b   Benchimol, Marlene ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyst; Electron microscopy; Encystment; Flagella internalization; Giardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; FLAGELLA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 59249098929     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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