The central roles of telomeres and subtelomeres in antigenic variation in African trypanosomes

Chromosome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 525-533

  Horn, David ^a   Barry, J David ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Telomere; Trypanosome; VSG

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENICITY; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 23944464017     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-005-0991-8     Document Type: Review

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