Motility, Force Generation, and Energy Consumption of Unicellular Parasites

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 531-541

  Hochstetter, Axel ^a   Pfohl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLAGELLATE; FORCE; LIGHT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARASITE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SPOROZOITE; TRYPANOSOMA; UNICELLULAR PARASITE; ANIMAL; DEVICES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTA; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84964818738     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.04.006     Document Type: Review

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