Control of VSG gene expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei

Piet Borst, Wilbert Bitter, Patricia A. Blundell, Inês Chaves, Mike Cross, Herlinde Gerrits, Fred van Leeuwen, Richard McCulloch, Martin Taylor, Gloria Rudenko

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Abstract

Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes continues to be one of the most elaborate and intriguing strategies ever devised by a protozoan parasite to avoid complete destruction by the immune defense of its mammalian host. Here we review some of the recent advances in our understanding of this strategy, concentrating on (unpublished) work from our laboratory. Copyright (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
Original languageEnglish
JournalMolecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Volume91
Issue number1
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Publication statusPublished - 1998

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