Structure of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored domain from a trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein.
The cell surface of African trypanosomes is covered by a densely packed monolayer of a single protein, the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The VSG protects the trypanosome cell surface from effector molecules of the host immune system and is the mediator of antigenic variation. The sequence dive...
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| Format: | Article |
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16872/1/Structure%20of%20a%20glycosylphosphatidylinositol.pdf |