VSGdb: a database for trypanosome variant surface glycoproteins, a large and diverse family of coiled coil proteins

VSGdb: a database for trypanosome variant surface glycoproteins, a large and diverse family of coiled coil proteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Trypanosomes are coated with a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) that is so densely packed that it physically protects underlying proteins from effectors of the host immune system. Periodically cells expressing a distinct VSG arise...

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Main Authors: Jones Nicola G, Wilkes Jonathan M, Ward Pauline, Menon Suraj, Marcello Lucio, Carrington Mark, Barry J David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/143

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