Major surface glycoproteins of insect forms of Trypanosoma brucei are not essential for cyclical transmission by tsetse.

Procyclic forms of Trypanosoma brucei reside in the midgut of tsetse flies where they are covered by several million copies of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins known as procyclins. It has been proposed that procyclins protect parasites against proteases and/or participate in tropism, d...

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Prif Awduron: Erik Vassella, Michael Oberle, Simon Urwyler, Christina Kunz Renggli, Erwin Studer, Andrew Hemphill, Cristina Fragoso, Peter Bütikofer, Reto Brun, Isabel Roditi
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Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Cyfres:PLoS ONE
Mynediad Ar-lein:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2637416?pdf=render