Instability of the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense metacyclic variable antigen repertoire.

doi:10.1038/306699a0

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Instability of the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense metacyclic variable antigen repertoire.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Barry J D, Crowe J S, Vickerman K

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense undergoes antigenic variation in its mammalian host by changing the glycoprotein composing its surface coat. Trypanosome clones which have the same repertoire of variable antigen types (VATs) are said to belong to the same serodeme. Tsetse flies infected with a part...

Topics

Animals
Antigens
Genetic Variation
Mice
Phenotype
Species Specificity
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Tsetse Flies

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