Characterization of ROP18 alleles in human toxoplasmosis

Parasitology International

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 463-469

  Sánchez, Víctor ^a   De la Torre, Alejandra ^a   Gómez Marín, Jorge Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDÍO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Congenital toxoplasmosis; Ocular toxoplasmosis; ROP18 protein; Toxoplasma; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS; ROP18 PROTEIN; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84894501946     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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