Toxoplasma MIC2 Is a Major Determinant of Invasion and Virulence

My-Hang Huynh; Vern B Carruthers

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0020084

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Toxoplasma MIC2 Is a Major Determinant of Invasion and Virulence

My-Hang Huynh,

¤ Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Vern B Carruthers

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vcarruth@umich.edu

¤ Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Toxoplasma MIC2 Is a Major Determinant of Invasion and Virulence

My-Hang Huynh,
Vern B Carruthers

Published: August 18, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0020084

About the Authors

My-Hang Huynh

¤ Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Vern B Carruthers

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vcarruth@umich.edu

¤ Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

MHH and VBC conceived and designed the experiments. MHH performed the experiments. MHH and VBC analyzed the data. MHH and VBC wrote the paper.

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