Merozoites
"Merozoites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Uninuclear cells or a stage in the life cycle of sporozoan protozoa. Merozoites, released from ruptured multinucleate SCHIZONTS, enter the blood stream and infect the ERYTHROCYTES.
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D052940
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.870.740.800.500 B05.500.800.500 B05.775.740.800.500 G07.345.500.550.500.800.500
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Radke JB, Lucas O, De Silva EK, Ma Y, Sullivan WJ, Weiss LM, Llinas M, White MW. ApiAP2 transcription factor restricts development of the Toxoplasma tissue cyst. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 23; 110(17):6871-6.