Cyst formation by Toxoplasma gondii in vivo and in brain-cell culture: A comparative morphology and immunocytochemistry study

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 659-665

  Sahm, Monika ^a   Fischer, Hans Georg ^b   Gross, Uwe ^c   Reiter Owona, Ingrid ^a   Seitz, Hanns Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMYLOPECTIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030792489     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050315     Document Type: Article

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