Toxoplasma gondii: The model apicomplexan

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 423-432

  Kim, Kami ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Heterologous expression; Invasion; Model system; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

PATHOGEN;

APICOPLAST; BABESIA; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG TARGETING; EIMERIA; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; THEILERIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1542285447     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.12.009     Document Type: Review

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