β-1,3-glucan, which can be targeted by drugs, forms a trabecular scaffold in the oocyst walls of toxoplasma and eimeria

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Guy Bushkin, G ^a,b   Motari, Edwin ^a   Magnelli, Paula ^a,e   marc Jan, Gubbels ^c   Dubey, Jitender P ^d   Miska, Katarzyna B ^d   Bullitt, Esther ^b   Costello, Catherine E ^b   Robbins, Phillips W ^a   Samuelson, John ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

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EID: 84868379234     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00258-12     Document Type: Article

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