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The transcriptome of Toxoplasma gondii.
BMC biology - 2 Dec 2005
Radke Jay R, Behnke Michael S, Mackey Aaron J, Radke Josh B, Roos David S, White Michael W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Toxoplasma gondii gives rise to toxoplasmosis, among the most prevalent parasitic diseases of animals and man. Transformation of the tachzyoite stage into the latent bradyzoite-cyst form underlies chronic disease and leads to a lifetime risk of recrudescence in individuals whose immune system becomes compromised. Given the importance of tissue cyst formation, there has been intensive focus on the...
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