Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii: A novel adhesion/invasion assay reveals distinct differences in tachyzoite-host cell interactions

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Naguleswaran, Arunasalam ^a   Müller, Norbert ^a   Hemphill, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DERMATAN SULFATE; PROTEINASE; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ASSAY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERO CELL;

NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0141862138     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00137-1     Document Type: Article

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