The role of DNA microarrays in Toxoplasma gondii research, the causative agent of ocular toxoplasmosis.

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Published in J Ocul Biol Dis Infor on December 12, 2009

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Kevin M Brown1, Ira J Blader

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73034 USA.

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