Toxoplasma gondii: Localization of purine nucleoside phosphorylase activity in vitro and in vivo by electron microscopy

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Gherardi, Arnaud ^a   Peyrol, Simone ^b   Sarciron, Marie Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Centre Commun d'Imagerie Laennec (CeCIL)   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Electron microscopy; Enzyme; Nucleoside phosphorylase; Protozoa; Purine; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYST; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYSTS; CYTOPLASM; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 33644832149     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-005-0303-6     Document Type: Article

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