Mechanisms Mediating Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei
Antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei is a highly sophisticated survival strategy involving switching between the transcription of one of an estimated thousand variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) genes. Switching involves either transcriptional control, resulting in switching between different VS...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1999-01-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000200021 |