Mobilization of intracellular calcium upon attachment of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites to human fibroblasts is required for invasion

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Vieira, Mauricio C F ^a   Moreno, Silvia N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Human fibroblasts; Intracellular calcium; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0033965312     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00182-6     Document Type: Article

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