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Hostile intruder: Toxoplasma holds host organelles captive
29 Mar 2018
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The secret weapons of Toxoplasma: Seclusion, secretion, and scavengingToxoplasma gondii, a human pathogen of the Apicomplexa phylum, is an obligate intracellular parasite, i.e., a microbe that must reside within a foreign cell to survive and propagate.To achieve intracellular replication, Toxoplasma has mastered three strategies: seclusion, secretion, and scavenging.Upon invasion, the parasite secludes itself...
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