The peculiarities of flagella in parasitic protozoa

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-452

  Bastin, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AMASTIGOTE; AXONEME; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXOCYTOSIS; GAMETE; GENE MUTATION; GIARDIA; LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOON; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; FLAGELLA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLASMODIUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 77955426599     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.05.013     Document Type: Editorial

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