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==T. gondii's Effect on the Brain==
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[[Image:Hydroxylase reaction.png‎|thumb|300px|right|Tyrosine and phenylalanin hydroxylase catalytic reactions. Phenylalanine hydroxylase converts phenylalanine in to tyrosine, and tyrosine hydroxylase converts tyrosine to L-DOPA. Tyrosine hydroxylase controls the rate limiting step in this catalysis. [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004801 PLoSONE].]]





Revision as of 01:55, 21 April 2015


By [Alexander S. McQuiston]

Introduction

The left shows a bradyzoite cyst with the dense cyst wall surrounding the bradyzoites. The right shows tachyzoites inside the parasitophorous vacuole. Bradyzoites will slowly reproduce asexually in the cyst and tachyzoites will rapidly reproduce asexually CDC.




Life Stages

How T. gondii Infects Host Cells

T. gondii's Effect on the Brain

Tyrosine and phenylalanin hydroxylase catalytic reactions. Phenylalanine hydroxylase converts phenylalanine in to tyrosine, and tyrosine hydroxylase converts tyrosine to L-DOPA. Tyrosine hydroxylase controls the rate limiting step in this catalysis. PLoSONE.


Conclusion

References