Global proteomic analysis of the oocyst/sporozoite of Toxoplasma gondii reveals commitment to a host-independent lifestyle

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Possenti, Alessia ^a   Fratini, Federica ^a   Fantozzi, Luca ^c   Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Dubey, Jitender P ^b   Ponzi, Marta ^a   Pizzi, Elisabetta ^a   Spano, Furio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ARPA Lazio (Agenzia Regionale Per la Protezione Ambientale)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy production; Host cell invasion; Metabolism; Oocyst; Oocyst specific proteins; Proteome; Sporozoite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMYLOPECTIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURINE METABOLISM; SPOROZOITE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; OOCYSTS; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPOROZOITES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXOPLASMA;

FELIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84874945066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-183     Document Type: Article

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