Genetic and biochemical analysis of development in Toxoplasma gondii

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1359, 1997, Pages 1347-1354

  Boothroyd, John C ^a   Black, Michael ^a   Bonnefoy, Serge ^a   Hehl, Adrian ^a   Knoll, Laura J ^a   Manger, Ian D ^a   Ortega Barria, Eduardo ^a   Tomavo, Stanislas ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

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EID: 0031590294     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0119     Document Type: Article

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