Species-Specific Duplication of Surface Antigen Genes in <i>Paramecium</i>

<i>Paramecium</i> is a free-living ciliate that undergoes antigenic variation and still the functions of these variable surface antigen coats in this non-pathogenic ciliate remain elusive. Only a few surface antigen genes have been described, mainly in the two model species <i>P. t...

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Main Authors: Marcello Pirritano, Yulia Yakovleva, Alexey Potekhin, Martin Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/12/2378