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Antigenic variation in trypansosomes: Secrets surface slowly
1 Apr 1996
Abstract excerpt
Among pathogenic micro-organisms that evade the mammalian immune responses. Trypanosoma brucei has developed the most elaborate capacity for antigenic variation. Trypanosomes branched early during eukaryotic evolution. They are characterized by many aberrations, ranging from the unusual compartmentation of metabolic pathways to the heresy of RNA editing. The ubiquitous phenomenon of...
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