Cyclic nucleotide kinases and tachyzoite-bradyzoite transition in Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Eaton, Michael S ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a   Kim, Kami ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; cAMP; cGMP; Cyclic nucleotide; Differentiation; Kinase; Reporter parasite; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; FORSKOLIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FORSKOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NITROPRUSSIDE; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBULIN;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 30044433590     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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