ApiAP2 Factors as Candidate Regulators of Stochastic Commitment to Merozoite Production in Theileria annulata.

• Main Authors: Marta Pieszko (Author), William Weir (Author), Ian Goodhead (Author), Jane Kinnaird (Author), Brian Shiels (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Differentiation of one life-cycle stage to the next is critical for survival and transmission of apicomplexan parasites. A number of studies have shown that stage differentiation is a stochastic process and is associated with a point that commits the cell to a change over in the pattern o...