Analysis of the VSG gene silent archive in Trypanosoma brucei reveals that mosaic gene expression is prominent in antigenic variation and is favored by archive substructure

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1344-1352

  Marcello, Lucio ^a   Barry, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 34548396688     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6421207     Document Type: Article

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