Aspects of Trypanosoma cruzi Stage Differentiation

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2011, Pages 285-305

  Goldenberg, Samuel ^a   Ávila, Andrea Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CARLOS CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Gene expression; MRNA; Surface glycoprotein; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigotes

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 82; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 85; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 90; MUCIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE; SIALIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BOOK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79960996321     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385863-4.00013-7     Document Type: Chapter

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