Translation control is critical during acute and chronic stages of toxoplasmosis infection

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Joyce, Bradley R ^a   Konrad, Christian ^a   Wek, Ronald C ^a   Sullivan Jr , William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; bradyzoite; eIF2 kinase; protozoa; stress response; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR 2 KINASE A; INITIATION FACTOR 2 KINASE B; INITIATION FACTOR 2 KINASE C; INITIATION FACTOR 2 KINASE D; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE R; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 78650672621     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.146     Document Type: Review

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