<italic toggle="yes">Toxoplasma gondii</italic> Requires Glycogen Phosphorylase for Balancing Amylopectin Storage and for Efficient Production of Brain Cysts

ABSTRACT In immunocompromised hosts, latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii can reactivate from tissue cysts, leading to encephalitis. A characteristic of T. gondii bradyzoites in tissue cysts is the presence of amylopectin granules. The regulatory mechanisms and role of amylopectin accumulation in...

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Autores principales: Tatsuki Sugi, Vincent Tu, Yanfen Ma, Tadakimi Tomita, Louis M. Weiss
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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