The glycosylation of the variant surface glycoproteins and procyclic acidic repetitive proteins of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-152

  Mehlert, Angela ^a   Zitzmann, Nicole ^a   Richardson, Julia M ^b   Treumann, Achim ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; N glycosylation; Procyclic acidic repetitive protein; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; POLYCYCLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

EID: 0032029271     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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