To bet or not to bet: Deciphering cell to cell variation in protozoan infections

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 350-356

  Seco Hidalgo, Víctor ^a   Osuna, Antonio ^a   De Pablos, Luis Miguel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular heterogeneity; Gene expression; Leishmania; Plasmodium; Protozoan; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASTICITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TRENDS;

APICOMPLEXA; KINETOPLASTIDA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938743955     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.05.004     Document Type: Review

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