A Primate APOL1 Variant That Kills Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

A Primate APOL1 Variant That Kills Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

Humans are protected against infection from most African trypanosomes by lipoprotein complexes present in serum that contain the trypanolytic pore-forming protein, Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1). The human-infective trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in East Africa and T. b. gambiense in West A...

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Main Authors: Anneli Cooper, Paul Capewell, Caroline Clucas, Nicola Veitch, William Weir, Russell Thomson, Jayne Raper, Annette MacLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4975595?pdf=render

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