Telomere Length Affects the Frequency and Mechanism of Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hovel Miner, Galadriel A ^a   Boothroyd, Catharine E ^a   Mugnier, Monica ^a   Dreesen, Oliver ^b   Cross, George A M ^a   Papavasiliou, F Nina ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84866175736     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002900     Document Type: Article

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