Human infectivity trait in Trypanosoma brucei: Stability, heritability and relationship to sra expression

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-454

  Turner, C M R ^a   McLellan, S ^a   Lindergard, L A G ^a   Bisoni, L ^a,c   Tait, A ^b   MacLeod, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome project; Human infectivity; Human serum resistance; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC STABILITY; HERITABILITY; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 5644261323     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005906     Document Type: Article

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