Organization and Expression of a Multigene Family Encoding the Surface Glycoproteins of Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Trypomastigotes Involved in the Cell Invasion

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 169-171

  Carmo, Mirian S ^a   Araya, Jorge E ^b   Ramirez, Marcel I ^a   Boscardin, Silvia ^a   Cano, Maria I ^a,d   Baida, Renata P ^a   Ruiz, Rita C ^a   Santos, Marcia R ^a   Chiurillo, Miguel A ^c   Ramirez, José L ^c   Yoshida, Nobuko ^a   Franco Da Silveira, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomic organization; Metacyclic trypomastigotes; Surface glycoprotein genes; Transcription; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033253066     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000700022     Document Type: Article

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