Surface antigens of Toxoplasma gondii: Variations on a theme

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1285-1292

  Lekutis, Christine ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^b   Grigg, Michael E ^a   Camps, Manel ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Sporozoite; Surface antigen; Surface antigen 1 related sequence; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL ADHESION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXOPLASMA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034825369     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00261-2     Document Type: Review

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