Ultrastructural features of Tritrichomonas mobilensis and comparison with Tritrichomonas foetus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 171-180

  Midlej, Victor ^a,b   Pereira Neves, Antonio ^a,b   Kist, Luiza Wilges ^c   Bogo, Maurício Reis ^c,d   Benchimol, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional Translacional em Medicina (INCT TM)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Endocytosis; Tritrichomonas foetus; Tritrichomonas mobilensis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGENOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRITRICHOMONAS MOBILENSIS;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITRICHOMONAS;

BOVINAE; FELIDAE; SAIMIRI; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRITRICHOMONAS MOBILENSIS;

EID: 80755132153     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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