Analysis of Trypanosoma brucei vsg expression site switching in vitro

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-201

  Horn, David ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Expression site; Telomere; Trypanosama brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, SWITCH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0031043358     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02794-6     Document Type: Article

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