The cyst wall carbohydrate composition of Balamuthia mandrillaris

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1439-1443

  Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a,b   Ahmed Khan, Naveed ^a   Jarroll, Edward L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE;

ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA INFECTION; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL WALL; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS;

EID: 67349152674     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1346-8     Document Type: Article

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