Identification of trypanosoma brucei RMI1/BLAP75 homologue and its roles in antigenic variation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Hee Sook ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BLAP75; PROTEIN RMI1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VSG GENE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 80053222054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025313     Document Type: Article

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