The role of transferrin-receptor variation in the host range of Trypanosoma brucei

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6666, 1998, Pages 499-502

  Bitter, W ^a,b   Gerrits, H ^a   Kieft, R ^a   Borst, P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOGS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MICE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GLOSSINA (PROPER); MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032576751     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35166     Document Type: Article

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