The microneme protein MIC3 of Toxoplasma gondii is a secretory adhesin that binds to both the surface of the host cells and the surface of the parasite

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-364

  Garcia Réguet, Nathalie ^a   Lebrun, Maryse ^b   Fourmaux, Marie Noëlle ^a   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^c   Mann, Tara ^d   Beckers, Cornelius J M ^d   Samyn, Bart ^e   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^e   Bout, Daniel ^b   Dubremetz, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHO CELL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0342298489     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2000.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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