The glycoforms of a Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein and molecular modeling of a glycosylated surface coat

Glycobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 607-612

  Mehlert, Angela ^a   Bond, Charles S ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular modeling; N glycosylation; Trypanosome; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; DIMER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0036797227     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf079     Document Type: Article

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