VSG gene control and infectivity strategy of metacyclic stage Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-105

  Barry, J David ^a   Graham, Sheila V ^a,b   Fotheringham, Michael ^a   Graham, Vincent S ^a   Kobryn, Kerri ^a,c   Wymer, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Metacyclic stage; Trypanosoma brucei; VSG gene

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

EID: 0032029389     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00193-X     Document Type: Article

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