The invasion pore induced by Toxoplasma gondii

Authors

Yuto Kegawa, Frances Male, Irene Jiménez-Munguía, Paul S Blank, Elena Mekhedov, Gary E Ward, Joshua Zimmerberg

Topic

Cell Biology, Electrophysiology, Immunology, Microbiology

Extract

"Parasite-induced perforation of host cells resulted in calcium transients, and subsequent invasion events were observed by near-simultaneous excitation of Fluo-4 (490 nm) and AlexaFluor 647 (635 nm) using a pE-4000 LED illumination system (CoolLED, Andover, England) through rapid excitation switching triggered by the NIS Elements Illumination Sequence module (Nikon Instruments, Melville, NY)."

Product Type

pE-4000

Journal

EMBO J.

Year of Publication

2025

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