Linking the antigen archive structure to pathogen fitness in African trypanosomes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1753, 2013, Pages

  Gjini, Erida ^a,c   Haydon, Daniel T ^a,b   Barry, J D ^b   Cobbold, Christina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

African trypanosome; Antigenic variation; Archive structure; Body size; Parasite evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BODY SIZE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST SELECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PROTIST; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VIRULENCE;

TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84879023898     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2129     Document Type: Article

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