Type II Toxoplasma gondii KU80 knockout strains enable functional analysis of genes required for Cyst development and latent infection

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1193-1206

  Fox, Barbara A ^a   Falla, Alejandra ^a   Rommereim, Leah M ^a   Tomita, Tadakimi ^b   Gigley, Jason P ^a   Mercier, Corinne ^c   Cesbron Delauw, Marie France ^c   Weiss, Louis M ^b   Bzik, David J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; GRA4 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; GRA6 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TARGETING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80052356329     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00297-10     Document Type: Article

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