Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii growth by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate is cell cycle specific and leads to population synchronization

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-31

  Conde de Felipe, Magnolia M ^a   Lehmann, Margaret M ^a   Jerome, Maria E ^a   White, Michael W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cell cycle; Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DNA CONTENT; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTROSOME; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HAPLOIDY; PARASITOLOGY; PYRROLIDINES; THIOCARBAMATES; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 36349016581     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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