Evidence for nuclear localisation of two stage-specific isoenzymes of enolase in Toxoplasma gondii correlates with active parasite replication

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1399-1410

  Ferguson, David J P ^a   Parmley, Stephen F ^b   Tomavo, Stanislas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Enolases; Lactate dehydrogenase; Nuclear localisation; Stage specific expression; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GLYCOLYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

COCCIDIA; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036803087     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00129-7     Document Type: Article

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