Toxoplasma gondii: Determinants of tachyzoite to bradyzoite conversion

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Skariah, Sini ^a   McIntyre, Matthew Karmen ^a   Mordue, Dana G ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

BRADYZOITE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES INVASION; SPOROZOITE; STRESS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955467410     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1899-6     Document Type: Review

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