Genetic manipulation of African trypanosomes as a tool to dissect the immunobiology of infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Mansfield, J M ^a   Paulnock, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African trypanosomes; Genetic manipulation; Immunoregulation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DISSECTION; GENE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 40449123159     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.01003.x     Document Type: Review

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