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Concept information

Preferred term

roptría

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Orgánulo especializado de secreción, con forma de maza, que se encuentra en las fases móviles de algunos parásitos protozoarios (apicomplejos). Se localiza cerca del extremo apical de los protozoos y desempeña una función importante en la invasión huésped-célula.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • English

  • rhoptry organelle

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/263926

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