TRICHINELLA-SPIRALIS - THE WORM THAT WOULD BE VIRUS

被引:45
作者
DESPOMMIER, DD [1 ]
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV, DEPT MICROBIOL, NEW YORK, NY 10032 USA
来源
PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1990年 / 6卷 / 06期
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10.1016/0169-4758(90)90355-8
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Trichinella spiralis is one of the world's largest intracellular parasites. Unlike most such organisms, it does not kill the host cell, but induces modifications in cell structure that enhance its own survival. In this article, Dickson Despommier describes the ways in which the parasite uses the cell for its own benefit, and discusses the extent to which this behaviour has contributed to the parasite's success. © 1990.
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