Targeted disruption of the bradyzoite-specific gene BAG1 does not prevent tissue cyst formation in Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Bohne, Wolfgang ^d   Hunter, Christopher A ^d   White, Michael W ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^b   Gross, Uwe ^c   Roos, David S ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

AIDS toxoplasmosis; Apicomplexan parasites; Bradyzoite differentiation; Latent tissue cysts; Targeted gene knock outs; Toxoplasmic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYST; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032078233     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00236-3     Document Type: Article

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