Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-mediated lysis of Toxoplasma gondii-infected target cells does not lead to death of intracellular parasites

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4651-4655

  Yamashita, Keizo ^a   Yui, Katsuyuki ^a   Ueda, Masakatsu ^a   Yano, Akihiko ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA TEMPLATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0031657782     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4651-4655.1998     Document Type: Article

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