Visualization of Toxoplasma gondii stage conversion by expression of stage-specific dual fluorescent proteins

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 579-588

  Unno, A ^a   Suzuki, K ^b   Batanova, T ^a,c   Cha, S Y ^a,d   Jang, H K ^d   Kitoh, K ^a   Takashima, Y ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dual fluorescent proteins; Stage conversion; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC CODE; HOST CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CERCOPITHECUS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VERO CELL;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 67651152984     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005836     Document Type: Article

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