Cytoskeleton-based lipid transport in a parasitic protozoan, Giardia lamblia

Giardia and Cryptosporidium: From Molecules to Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 292-308

  Castillo, Cynthia ^a   Hernandez, Yunuen ^b   Roychowdhury, Sukla ^c   Das, Siddhartha ^c  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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