The ves multigene family of B. bovis encodes components of rapid antigenic variation at the infected erythrocyte surface

Molecular Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-162

  Allred, David R ^a   Carlton, Jane M R ^a   Satcher, Ryan L ^a   Long, Jennifer A ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^b   Patterson, Paula E ^a   O'Connor, Roberta M ^a   Stroup, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033954897     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80411-6     Document Type: Article

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