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Trichomonas vaginalis with a double-stranded RNA virus has upregulated levels of phenotypically variable immunogen mRNA.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 1994
Khoshnan A, Alderete J F
Abstract excerpt
Some isolates of Trichomonas vaginalis carry a double-stranded RNA virus (TVV) and undergo phenotypic variation between surface expression and cytoplasmic expression of a prominent immunogen (P270). Only trichomonads with TVV express P270 on the surface. Northern (RNA) blots using a specific cDNA encoding the repeat element of the phenotypically varying P270 immunogen as a probe showed accumulation of P270...
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