Primary culture of skeletal muscle cells as a model for studies of Toxoplasma gondii cystogenesis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-83

  Guimarães, Erick Vaz ^a   De Carvalho, Laís ^a,b   Barbosa, Helene Santos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL ORGANELLE; CYST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MUSCLE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; POTATO VIRUS M; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 40949132969     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1273.1     Document Type: Article

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