What new cell biology findings could bring to therapeutics: Is it time for a phenome-project in Toxoplasma gondii?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-189

  Meissner, Markus ^a   Klaus, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Conditional mutagenesis; Gene regulation; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 65549127388     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000200010     Document Type: Article

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