TgMORN1 is a key organizer for the basal complex of Toxoplasma gondii

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Heaslip, Aoife T ^a   Dzierszinski, Florence ^b   Stein, Barry ^a   Hu, Ke ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LOXP SITE; MEMBRANE OCCUPATION AND RECOGNITION NEXUS 1 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77649243266     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000754     Document Type: Article

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