The heat shock protein 90 of Toxoplasma gondii is essential for invasion of host cells and tachyzoite growth
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite that infects almost all warm-blooded vertebrates. Heat shock proteins (HSP) regulate key signal transduction events in many organisms, and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) plays an important role in growth, development, and virulence...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
EDP Sciences
2017-01-01
|
Series: | Parasite |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017023 |