The role played by electron microscopy in advancing our understanding of Toxoplasma gondii and other apicomplexans

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 883-893

  Dubremetz, Jean François ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Infectious stages; Organelles; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; RESEARCH WORK; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICOMPLEXA; APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMETE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHYLUM; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PROCEDURES; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; CELL DIVISION; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYSTS; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 67349240120     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.009     Document Type: Review

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