Identification of Trypanosoma brucei RMI1/BLAP75 homologue and its roles in antigenic variation.

At any time, each cell of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei expresses a single species of its major antigenic protein, the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG), from a repertoire of >2,000 VSG genes and pseudogenes. The potential to express different VSGs by transcription and recombination...

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Main Authors: Hee-Sook Kim, George A M Cross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3182221?pdf=render