Survival of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly is enhanced by the expression of specific forms of procyclin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1369-1379

  Ruepp, Stefan ^a   Furger, André ^a   Kurath, Ursula ^a   Renggli, Christina Kunz ^b   Hemphill, Andrew ^a   Brun, Reto ^b   Roditi, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GLOSSINA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0030982356     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.6.1369     Document Type: Article

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