Mapping of VSG similarities in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-152

  Weirather, Jason L ^a   Wilson, Mary E ^a,b,c   Donelson, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African trypanosome; Antigenic variation; Mosaic gene; Sequence alignment; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84856220782     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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