The expression and distribution of dense granule proteins in the enteric (coccidian) forms of Toxoplasma gondii in the small intestine of the cat

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-211

  Ferguson, D J P ^a   Cesbron Delauw, M F ^b   Dubremetz, J F ^b   Sibley, L D ^c   Joiner, K A ^d   Wright, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccidian stages; Dense granules; Electron microscopy; GRA proteins; Immunocytochemistry; NTPase; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEROZOITE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMALL INTESTINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032804797     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4384     Document Type: Article

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