Trypanosoma brucei with an active metacyclic variant surface gene expression site expresses a transferrin receptor derived from esag6 and esag7

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Steverding, Dietmar ^a   Overath, Peter ^b  

^a Inst Tropenhygiene Offentliches G   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expression site associated genes; Transferrin receptor; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein transcription unit

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0029893952     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02624-2     Document Type: Article

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