Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-129

  Horn, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune evasion; In situ; Monoallelic; Polycistronic; Silencing; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRANS SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84906936962     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.05.001     Document Type: Review

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