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Attachment of Toxoplasma gondii to host cells involves major surface protein, SAG-1 (P30).
Experimental parasitology - 1 Aug 1994
Mineo J R, Kasper L H
Abstract excerpt
Previous observations have demonstrated that monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies directed at SAG-1, the major surface protein of Toxoplasma gondii, decreased the number of T. gondii that infected fibroblast monolayers. Direct evaluation of parasite-host cell attachment using glutaraldehyde-fixed human fibroblasts and live tachyzoites was performed to determine whether SAG-1 was a ligand for the host cell...
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