Disruption of TgPHIL1 alters specific parameters of Toxoplasma gondii motility measured in a quantitative, three-dimensional live motility assay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Leung, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Rould, Mark A ^b   Konradt, Christoph ^c   Hunter, Christopher A ^c   Ward, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIGEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MOTILITY; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PHIL1 GENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAMININ; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOVEMENT; PROTEOGLYCANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84898408079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085763     Document Type: Article

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