Toxoplasma gondii: Inhibition of the intracellular growth by human lactoferrin

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Dzitko, Katarzyna ^a   Dziadek, Bozena ^a   Dziadek, Jarosław ^b   Długońska, Henryka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Host cells; Human lactoferrin; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRAIN L 929; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MICE; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 34247586578     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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