Turnover of Variant Surface Glycoprotein in Trypanosoma brucei Is Not Altered in Response to Specific Silencing
ABSTRACT African trypanosomes evade the immune system of the mammalian host by the antigenic variation of the predominant glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored surface protein, variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). VSG is a very stable protein that is turned over from the cell surface with a lon...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-08-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00122-22 |