Control of VSG gene expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Borst, Piet ^a   Bitter, Wilbert ^a,b   Blundell, Patricia A ^a   Chaves, Inês ^a   Cross, Mike ^a   Gerrits, Herlinde ^a   Van Leeuwen, Fred ^a   McCulloch, Richard ^a,c   Taylor, Martin ^a,d   Rudenko, Gloria ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Expression site; J; Modified base; Transferrin receptor; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032029340     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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