A Toxoplasma gondii mutant defective in responding to calcium fluxes shows reduced in vivo pathogenicity

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Lavine, Mark D ^a   Knoll, Laura J ^b   Rooney, Peggy J ^b   Arrizabalaga, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Calcium; Egress; Toxoplasma; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; BRAIN CYST; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVELOPMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MUTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34547761359     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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