Transcriptomic analysis of toxoplasma development reveals many novel functions and structures specific to sporozoites and oocysts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fritz, Heather M ^a   Buchholz, Kerry R ^b   Chen, Xiucui ^c   Durbin Johnson, Blythe ^c   Rocke, David M ^c   Conrad, Patricia A ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMA1 PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RON2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMA1 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RHOPTRY NECK PROTEIN 2, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KITTEN; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OOCYST WALL; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SPOROZOITE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OOCYSTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPOROZOITES; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84863124932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029998     Document Type: Article

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