A role for RAD51 and homologous recombination in Trypanosoma brucei antigenic variation

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2875-2888

  McCulloch, Richard ^a,b   Barry, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; RAD51; Recombination; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032723013     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.21.2875     Document Type: Article

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