Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites form spontaneously during sporozoite- initiated development

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4838-4844

  Jerome, M E ^a   Radke, J R ^a   Bohne, W ^b   Roos, D S ^b   White, M W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DNA SYNTHESIS; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPOROZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031692801     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4838-4844.1998     Document Type: Article

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