Chapter category: Infectious Disease
Microneme Proteins in Apicomplexans
Molecular Mechanisms
of Parasite Invasion
Edited by: Barbara Burleigh and Dominique Soldati-FavreISBN: 978-0-387-78266-9
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Chapter authors:
Vern B. Carruthers and Fiona M. Tomley
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Vern B. Carruthers
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine
Fiona M. Tomley
Division of Microbiology, Institute for Animal Health
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