Toxoplasma gondii: Further studies on the subpellicular network

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 706-709

  Lemgruber, Leandro ^a   Kloetzel, John A ^b   de Souza, Wanderley ^a,c   Vommaro, Rossiane C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Articulin; Cytoskeleton; Platein; Subpellicular network; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 70349684800     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000500007     Document Type: Article

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