Expression of procyclin mRNAs during cyclical transmission of Trypanosoma brucei.

Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite causing human sleeping sickness, relies on the tsetse fly for its transmission. In the insect, EP and GPEET procyclins are the major surface glycoproteins of procyclic (midgut) forms of the parasite, with GPEET predominating in the early procyclic form and two isofor...

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Main Authors: Simon Urwyler, Erik Vassella, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Christina Kunz Renggli, Pat Blundell, J David Barry, Isabel Roditi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1277927?pdf=render