Toxoplasma gondii: Appearance of specific markers during the development of tissue cysts in vitro

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 340-346

  Lane, A ^a   Soete, M ^a   Dubremetz, J F ^a   Smith, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CYST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MICE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029883915     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050123     Document Type: Article

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