Toxoplasma gondii: The role of parasite surface and secreted proteins in host cell invasion

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-173

  Grimwood, Jane ^a   Smith, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell invasion; Coccidia; Protozoa; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; COCCIDIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030069954     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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