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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 81, 1987 - Issue 3
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Cholesterol induced changes in glucose-6-phosphate generating enzymes, Concanavalin A agglutinability and haemolytic activity of axenic Entamoeba histolytica

S. K. KatiyarMicrobiology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
,
A. K. PrasadMicrobiology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
,
S. GhoshalMicrobiology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
,
S. R. DasMicrobiology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
&
P. SagarMicrobiology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Pages 201-205 | Received 12 Jul 1985, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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