Host cell surface sialic acid residues are involved on the process of penetration of Toxoplasma gondii into mammalian cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Monteiro, V G ^a   Soares, C P ^a   De Souza, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Neuraminic acid; Parasite host cell interaction; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

NEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURFACE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACIDS; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

APICOMPLEXA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032528078     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00229-8     Document Type: Article

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