Genetic analysis of tachyzoite to bradyzoite differentiation mutants in Toxoplasma gondii reveals a hierarchy of gene induction
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Cyclic nucleotide signaling in Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoite differentiation.
The ability of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites to differentiate into latent bradyzoite forms is essential for pathogenesis of clinical disease. We examined the effects of cyclic nucleotides on T. gondii bradyzoite differentiation in vitro. Differentiation of tachyzoites to bradyzoites was measured in an immunofluorescence assay using ME49 or its clonal derivative PLK, two well-characterized T. go...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Microbiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0950-382X,1365-2958
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02903.x