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==T. gondii's Effect on the Brain== | ==T. gondii's Effect on the Brain== | ||
[[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].]] | [[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].]] | ||
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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.
