Construction of Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoite expressing the green fluorescent protein

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-222

  Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Zhang, Houshuang ^a   Ibrahim, Hany M ^a   Ui, Fumiki ^a   Ogiso, Ayako ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Cyst; GFP; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 40749096510     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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