The role of transferrin-receptor variation in the host range of Trypanosoma brucei.

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The role of transferrin-receptor variation in the host range of Trypanosoma brucei.

Nature - 29 Jan 1998

Bitter W, Gerrits H, Kieft R, Borst P

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Trypanosoma brucei is a unicellular parasite transmitted between African mammals by tsetse flies. T. brucei multiplies freely in the bloodstream of many different mammals, and survives by antigenic variation of the main component of its surface coat, variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). Trypanosom...

Topics

Animals
Cattle
Dogs
Genes, Protozoan
Genetic Variation
Host-Parasite Interactions
Humans
Mice
Receptors, Transferrin
Transferrin
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Variant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma

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