Eugregarine trophozoite detachment from the host epithelium via epimerite retraction: Fiction or fact?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1235-1242

  Valigurová, Andrea ^a   Michalková, Veronika ^a   Koudela, Břetislav ^b,c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Actin; Epicellular localisation; Epimerite retraction; Eugregarine trophozoite; Gregarina polymorpha; Myosin

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN; ACTIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHALLOIDIN;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST; PARASITE; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMERITE; GREGARINA POLYMORPHA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENEBRIO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; CELL MEMBRANE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANELLES; PHALLOIDINE; TENEBRIO; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHOZOITES;

APICOMPLEXA; GREGARINA POLYMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 67650483377     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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