Manipulation of the vsg co-transposed region increases expression-site switching in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-177

  Davies, Kelvin P ^a,b   Carruthers, Vern B ^a,c   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Expression site; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, SWITCH; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030911625     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)02853-3     Document Type: Article

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