Sophisticated adaptations of Gregarina cuneata (Apicomplexa) feeding stages for epicellular parasitism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Valigurová, Andrea ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICELLULAR PARASITISM; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING; GAMONT; GREGARINA CUNEATA; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARASITISM; TROPHOZOITE; WORM;

ACTINS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYMBIOSIS; TENEBRIO;

EID: 84864989785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042606     Document Type: Article

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