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ArticleNature methods2010

Toxoplasma secreting Cre recombinase for analysis of host-parasite interactions.

Anita A Koshy, Ashley E Fouts, Melissa B Lodoen, Ozan Alkan, Helen M Blau, John C Boothroyd

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Article in Nature methods, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anita A KoshyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Ashley E Fouts
Melissa B Lodoen
Ozan Alkan
Helen M Blau
John C Boothroyd
Stanford University · USBaxter (United States) · US

Funding

Toxoplasma Rhoptry FunctionR01AI021423 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOOTHROYD, JOHN C · 1985 to 2018
$7.8M
Stem Cells for Brain and BrawnR01AG020961 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BLAU, HELEN M · 2002 to 2019
$5.0M
ACTIVATORS OF MUSCLE GENESR01AG009521 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BLAU, HELEN M · 1990 to 2014
$4.7M
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF TOXOPLASMAR01AI041014 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOOTHROYD, JOHN C · 1997 to 2011
$3.8M
Small Molecule Imaging of Protease ActivityR01EB005011 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOGYO, MATTHEW · 2005 to 2013
$3.0M
ACTIVATORS OF HUMAN MUSCLE GENESR37AG009521 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BLAU, HELEN M · 1995 to 2004
$2.3M
Regulator of Adult Stem Cell FateR01AG024987 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BLAU, HELEN M · 2004 to 2008
$1.7M
ANTIGENS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII AND THEIR GENESR37AI021423 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOOTHROYD, JOHN C · 1994 to 2003
$1.6M
Host cell influences on the development of toxoplasmic encephalitisK08NS065116 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI KOSHY, ANITA · 2009 to 2013
$870k
NIAID NIH HHS AI21423NIAID NIH HHS AI41014NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI021423NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI041014NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI021423NIA NIH HHS AG009521NIA NIH HHS AG020961NIA NIH HHS AG024987NIA NIH HHS R01 AG009521NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020961NIA NIH HHS R01 AG024987NIA NIH HHS R37 AG009521NIBIB NIH HHS EB005011NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB005011NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS065116NINDS NIH HHS NS065116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a Toxoplasma gondii strain that will permit the use of site-specific recombination to study the host-parasite interactions of this organism. This Toxoplasma strain efficiently injects a Cre fusion protein into host cells. In a Cre-reporter cell line, a single parasite invasion induced Cre-mediated recombination in 95% of infected host cells. By infecting Cre-reporter mice with these parasites, we also monitored host-cell infection in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsHost-Parasite InteractionsIntegrasesMiceMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, FluorescencePlasmidsRecombination, GeneticToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisTransduction, GeneticCre recombinaseIntegrases

Identifiers

PMID20208532
PMCPMC2850821
OpenAlexW1995002251

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