Life and times: Synthesis, trafficking, and evolution of VSG

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 251-258

  Manna, Paul T ^a   Boehm, Cordula ^a   Leung, Ka Fai ^b   Natesan, Senthil Kumar ^b,c   Field, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Evolution; Exocytosis; Protein sorting; Protein turnover; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL SURFACE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ENDOCYTOSIS; EVOLUTION; EXOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN SORTING; PROTEIN TURNOVER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84899485155     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.03.004     Document Type: Review

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