Structure and function of the Toxoplasma gondii vacuole

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 797, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-7

  Joiner, K A ^a   Bermudes, D ^a   Sinai, A ^a   Qi, H ^a   Polotsky, V ^a   Beckers, C J M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030465159     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52943.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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