The giardia median body protein is a ventral disc protein that is critical for maintaining a domed disc conformation during attachment

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-301

  Woessner, David J ^a   Dawson, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PROTEOMICS; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLASS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORPHOLINOS; ORGANELLES; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TROPHOZOITES;

DISCUS PATULUS; GIARDIA;

EID: 84857726478     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05262-11     Document Type: Article

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