Proteomic analysis of fractionated toxoplasma oocysts reveals clues to their environmental resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fritz, Heather M ^a   Bowyer, Paul W ^b   Bogyo, Matthew ^b   Conrad, Patricia A ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRYPSIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONE DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; OOCYST; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; SPOROCYST; SPOROZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CAT; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AVES; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPOROZOITES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84855923559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029955     Document Type: Article

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