Bradyzoite-specific gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii requires minimal genomic elements

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Bohne, Wolfgang ^a   Wirsing, Anne ^a   Gross, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bradyzoites; gene regulation; reporter gene; stage conversion; Toxoplasma gondii; transfection

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030901972     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02814-9     Document Type: Article

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