Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii replication by dinitroaniline herbicides

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-370

  Stokkermans, Thomas J W ^a   Schwartzman, Joseph D ^a   Keenan, Karen ^b   Morrissette, Naomi S ^b   Tilney, Lewis G ^b   Roos, David S ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; DINITROANILINE; ETHALFLURALIN; HERBICIDE; ORYZALIN; TRIFLURALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CONOIDEA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030560686     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0124     Document Type: Article

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