Spontaneous stage differentiation of mouse-virulent toxoplasma gondii RH parasites in skeletal muscle cells: An ultrastructural evaluation

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Ferreira da Silva, Marialice da Fonseca ^a,c   Rodrigues, Renata Mendonça ^a   de Andrade, Elisabete Ferreira ^a   de Carvalho, Laís ^b   Gross, Uwe ^c   Lüder, Carsten G K ^c   Barbosa, Helene Santos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Skeletal muscle cell; Stage conversion; T. gondii host cell interaction; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 65549168013     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000200012     Document Type: Article

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