Toxoplasma gondii: Kinetics of stage-specific protein expression during tachyzoite-bradyzoite conversion in vitro

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 219, Issue , 1996, Pages 75-80

  Soete M ^a   Dubremetz, J F ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0029686309     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-51014-4_8     Document Type: Review

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