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MIC16 gene represents a potential novel genetic marker for population genetic studies of Toxoplasma gondii.
BMC microbiology - 8 Jun 2016
Liu Wen-Ge, Xu Xiao-Pei, Chen Jia, Xu Qian-Ming, Luo Si-Long, Zhu Xing-Quan
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BACKGROUND: The zoonotic agent Toxoplasma gondii is distributed world-wide, and can infect a broad range of hosts including humans. Microneme protein 16 of T. gondii (TgMIC16) is responsible for binding to aldolase, and is associated with rhomboid cleavage and presence of trafficking signals during invasion. However, little is known of the TgMIC16 sequence diversity among T. gondii isolates from different hosts...
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