Antigenic variation and the African trypanosome genome

Acta Tropica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-404

  Donelson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Epigenetic; Karyotype; Transferrin; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0037345508     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00237-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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