Asexual expansion of Toxoplasma gondii merozoites is distinct from tachyzoites and entails expression of non-overlapping gene families to attach, invade, and replicate within feline enterocytes
1 Institute of Parasitology-University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
2 Current address: Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, Bern 3010, Switzerland
3 Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich 8057, Switzerland
4 Queensland Tropical Health Alliance Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, McGregor Road, Smithfield 4878, QLD, Australia
5 Molecular Parasitology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA