Atomic force microscopy: A tool to analyze the structural organization of pathogenic protozoa

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 160-167

  de Souza, Wanderley ^a,b   Rocha, Gustavo M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMASTIGOTE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LIGAND BINDING; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PROTOZOON; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 79953055415     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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