The Trypanosoma cruzi nucleolus: A morphometrical analysis of cultured epimastigotes in the exponential and stationary phases

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Nepomuceno Mejía, Tomás ^a   Lara Martínez, Reyna ^a   Cevallos, Ana María ^a   López Villaseñor, Imelda ^a   Jiménez García, Luis Felipe ^a   Hernández, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Development; Kinetoplastid; RRNA

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIMASTIGOTE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 78349239633     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02117.x     Document Type: Letter

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