Variant surface glycoprotein synthesis and cell cycle progression in Trypanosoma brucei
<p>The unicellular eukaryote <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> causes African Sleeping sickness and multiplies extracellularly in the bloodstream of the infected host. The parasite evades antibody-mediated lysis by switching its Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG) coat. Blocking <em>...
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2011
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