Glycotyping of Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein MITat1.8

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Mehlert, Angela ^a   Sullivan, Lauren ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI; Mass spectrometry; N glycosylation; N linked oligosaccharides; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HEXOSE; PROTEIN MITAT1.8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 77955846851     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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