Antigenic variation in trypanosomes: Secrets surface slowly

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-291

  Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; URACIL; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; URACIL; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030131182     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180406     Document Type: Article

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