Variant Surface Glycoprotein gene repertoires in <it>Trypanosoma brucei </it>have diverged to become strain-specific

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In a mammalian host, the cell surface of African trypanosomes is protected by a monolayer of a single variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The VSG is central to antigenic variation; one VSG gene is expressed at any one time and there...

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Main Authors: Sharma Reuben, Mott Helen, Jones Nicola G, Picozzi Kim, Hutchinson O Clyde, Welburn Susan C, Carrington Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/234