Do microtubules around the Toxoplasma gondii-containing parasitophorous vacuole in Skeletal Muscle Cells form a barrier for the phagolysosomal fusion?

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 337-341

  Andrade, E F ^a   Stumbo, A C ^b   Monteiro Leal, L H ^b   Carvalho, L ^b   Barbosa, H S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interaction parasite host cell; Microtubules; Parasitophorous vacuole; Skeletal muscle cells; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VACUOLE; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE; MICROTUBULES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHAGOSOMES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VACUOLES;

EID: 0035411736     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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