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Changes in the expression of human cell division autoantigen-1 influence Toxoplasma gondii growth and development.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Oct 2006
Radke Jay R, Donald Robert G, Eibs Amy, Jerome Maria E, Behnke Michael S, Liberator Paul, White Michael W
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Toxoplasma is a significant opportunistic pathogen in AIDS, and bradyzoite differentiation is the critical step in the pathogenesis of chronic infection. Bradyzoite development has an apparent tropism for cells and tissues of the central nervous system, suggesting the need for a specific molecular environment in the host cell, but it is unknown whether this environment is parasite directed or the result of...
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