Expression and genome-wide distribution of the gene family encoding a 90 kDa surface glycoprotein of metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 201-206

  Do Carmo, Mirian Silva ^a   Dos Santos, Marcia Regina Machado ^a   Cano, Maria Isabel ^b   Araya, Jorge Enrique ^c   Yoshida, Nobuko ^a   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antigenic polymorphism; Multigene family; Sequence diversity; Stage specific surface glycoprotein; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP82; GLYCOPROTEIN GP90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036860312     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00212-8     Document Type: Article

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