Commitment to cyst formation in Giardia

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 2, 2014, Pages 330-339

  Sulemana, Alimatu ^a,d   Paget, Timothy A ^b   Jarroll, Edward L ^a,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST (RESTING STAGE); GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TROPHOZOITE;

GIARDIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893481179     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.072405-0     Document Type: Article

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