Asexual Development and Virulence Are Not Affected by Knockout of Five Sexual-Stage Candidate Genes in Toxoplasma gondii.

Tian X, Tian CR, Lu XS, Hao WB, Zheng Z, He JJ, Zhu XQ, Zheng XN

DOI: 10.3390/ani16172704
Published: 2026 Aug 31
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@article{allodium:10.3390/ani16172704,
  title = {Asexual Development and Virulence Are Not Affected by Knockout of Five Sexual-Stage Candidate Genes in Toxoplasma gondii.},
  author = {Tian X and Tian CR and Lu XS and Hao WB and Zheng Z and He JJ and Zhu XQ and Zheng XN},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Animals : an open access journal from MDPI},
  doi = {10.3390/ani16172704},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16172704}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Asexual Development and Virulence Are Not Affected by Knockout of Five Sexual-Stage Candidate Genes in Toxoplasma gondii.
AU  - Tian X
AU  - Tian CR
AU  - Lu XS
AU  - Hao WB
AU  - Zheng Z
AU  - He JJ
AU  - Zhu XQ
AU  - Zheng XN
PY  - 2026
JO  - Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
DO  - 10.3390/ani16172704
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16172704
ER  -

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X, T., CR, T., XS, L., WB, H., Z, Z., JJ, H., XQ, Z., & XN, Z. (2026). Asexual Development and Virulence Are Not Affected by Knockout of Five Sexual-Stage Candidate Genes in Toxoplasma gondii.. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16172704

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