Fasciola hepatica miracidia: Lectin binding and stimulation of in vitro miracidium-to-sporocyst transformation

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-52

  Georgieva, Katya ^a   Georgieva, Simona ^a   Mizinska, Yana ^a   Stoitsova, Stoyanka R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; in vitro miracidium to sporocyst transformation; lectin binding; lectin carbohydrate interactions; miracidia

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; GOLD; LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; STAINING;

ANIMALS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FLUORESCEIN; GOLD; LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; STAINING AND LABELING;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GALBA TRUNCATULA;

EID: 84857551970     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-012-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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