Conserved sequence of the TgsGP gene in Group 1 Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-458

  Gibson, Wendy ^a   Nemetschke, Linda ^a,b   Ndung'u, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolution; Flagellar pocket receptor; Human African Trypanosomiasis; Molecular marker; PCR test; Species identification; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; VSG gene

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 77951977239     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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