An update on antigenic variation in African trypanosomes

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 338-343

  Vanhamme, Luc ^a   Pays, Etienne ^a   McCulloch, Richard ^b   Barry, J David ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENDONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD; CATTLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SILENCER GENE; TELOMERE; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034977978     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01922-5     Document Type: Review

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