The Toxoplasma Parasitophorous Vacuole: An Evolving Host–Parasite Frontier

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 473-488

  Clough, Barbara ^a   Frickel, Eva Maria ^a  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

guanylate binding proteins; host pathogen interaction; immunity related GTPases; parasitophorous vacuole; rhoptry proteins; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOPHAGY; CELL VACUOLE; EVOLUTION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; TOXOPLASMA; VACUOLES;

EID: 85015621288     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.02.007     Document Type: Review

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