The TgsGP Gene Is Essential for Resistance to Human Serum in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Capewell, Paul ^a   Clucas, Caroline ^a   DeJesus, Eric ^b   Kieft, Rudo ^b   Hajduk, Stephen ^b   Veitch, Nicola ^a   Steketee, Pieter C ^a   Cooper, Anneli ^a   Weir, William ^a   MacLeod, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN L1; GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOME LYTIC FACTOR 1; TRYPANOSOME LYTIC FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; TGSGP GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOLIPOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84887267328     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003686     Document Type: Article

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