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Brain transcriptome of mice infected with T. gondii parasites

ABSTRACT: Mice were infected with up to 250,000 tachyzoites of T. gondii VEG strain parasites genetically engineered to be deficient in either the ROCY1 gene (TGVEG_311100) or the BFD1 gene (TGVEG_200385). Mice were infected intraperitoneally and monitored using in vivo bioluminescence imaging. Mice were sacrificed at either 4 weeks or 9 weeks post infection as indicated, and RNA was isolated from their brains and transcript abundance was determined using RNAseq.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Toxoplasma gondii

PROVIDER: GSE218920 | GEO | 2023/08/14

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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