The cell cycle of Leishmania: Morphogenetic events and their implications for parasite biology

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-662

  Wheeler, Richard J ^a   Gluenz, Eva ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA CONTENT; DNA REPLICATION; FLAGELLUM; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; FLAGELLA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PARASITES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; S PHASE;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 78751700188     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07479.x     Document Type: Article

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