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Parasite-Specific Protein Helps Toxoplasma Adapt to Crowded Conditions

Scientists identified a previously unknown way that the parasite Toxoplasma can adapt to growing in crowded environments of tissue cysts, and identified the protein TgPRO, as a dedicated regulator of…

  • TgPRO protein helps Toxoplasma adapt to crowded conditions
  • Regulates metabolic gene expression in apicomplexans
  • Potential target for antiparasitic drugs inducing oxidative stress