Histone H1 plays a role in heterochromatin formation and VSG expression site silencing in Trypanosoma brucei.
The African sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei evades the host immune system through antigenic variation of its variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat. Although the T. brucei genome contains ∼1500 VSGs, only one VSG is expressed at a time from one of about 15 subtelomeric VSG expression...
Main Authors: | Megan L Povelones, Eva Gluenz, Marcin Dembek, Keith Gull, Gloria Rudenko |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3486875?pdf=render |
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