Glycolysis is important for optimal asexual growth and formation of mature tissue cysts by Toxoplasma gondii
Journal Article
Shukla, A., Olszewski, K. L., Llinas, M., Rommereim, L. M., Fox, B. A., Bzik, D. J., …Shanmugam, D. (2018). Glycolysis is important for optimal asexual growth and formation of mature tissue cysts by Toxoplasma gondii. International Journal for Parasitology, 48(12), 955-968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.05.013
Toxoplasma gondii can grow and replicate using either glucose or glutamine as the major carbon source. Here, we have studied the essentiality of glycolysis in the tachyzoite and bradyzoite stages of T. gondii, using transgenic parasites that lack a f... Read More about Glycolysis is important for optimal asexual growth and formation of mature tissue cysts by Toxoplasma gondii.