Time-lapse video microscopy of gliding motility in Toxoplasma gondii reveals a novel, biphasic mechanism of cell locomotion

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3539-3547

  Håkansson, Sebastian ^a,b   Morisaki, Hiroshi ^c   Heuser, John ^c   Sibley, L David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIDEORECORDING;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0343162619     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.11.3539     Document Type: Article

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