Cytotoxic Effects Exerted by Tritrichomonas foetus Pseudocysts

Protist

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-543

  Pereira Neves, Antonio ^a,b   Nascimento, Ligia Ferreira ^a   Benchimol, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Electron microscopy; MDCK; Pseudocyst; Tritrichomonas foetus.

Indexed keywords

TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORIMETRY; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; STAINING; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORIMETRY; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; STAINING AND LABELING; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

PROTOZOA; PYRUS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84861338198     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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