Phenotypic and gene expression changes among clonal type i strains of toxoplasma gondit

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1828-1836

  Khan, Asis ^a   Behnke, Michael S ^a,b   Dunay, Ildiko R ^a,d   White, Michael W ^b,c   David Sibley, L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 73349142319     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00150-09     Document Type: Article

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