Ultrastructural study of the encystation and excystation processes in Naegleria sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-72

  Chávez Munguía, Bibiana ^a   Omaña Molina, Maritza ^b   Castañón, Guadalupe ^a   Bonilla, Patricia ^b   González Lázaro, Mónica ^a   Hernández Martínez, Dolores ^b   Salazar Villatoro, Lizbeth ^a   Esparza García, Amelia ^c   Martínez Palomo, Adolfo ^a   Ortega Pierres, Guadalupe ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cyst trophozoite differentiation; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYST; CYTOPLASM; PROTOZOAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NAEGLERIA; PROTOZOAN SPORE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NAEGLERIA; ORGANELLES; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA SP.; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 61849103621     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00372.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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