MARveling at parasite invasion

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-54

  Hager, Kristin M ^a   Carruthers, Vern B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCAN; MICRONEMAL PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOMPLEXA; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICRONEMAL ADHESIVE REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 38349132545     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.10.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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