Targeted disruption of the GRA2 locus in Toxoplasma gondii decreases acute virulence in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4176-4182

  Mercier, Corinne ^a   Howe, Daniel K ^a   Mordue, Dana ^a   Lingnau, Maren ^a   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031662948     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.66.9.4176-4182.1998     Document Type: Article

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