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The Trypanosoma cruzi mucin family is transcribed from hundreds of genes having hypervariable regions.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 May 1998
Di Noia J M, D'Orso I, Aslund L, Sánchez D O, Frasch A C
Abstract excerpt
In previous works we have identified genes in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi whose structure resemble those of mammalian mucin genes. Indirect evidence suggested that these genes might encode the core protein of parasite mucins, glycoproteins that were proposed to be involved in the interaction with, and invasion of, mammalian host cells. We now show that the mucin gene family from T. cruzi is much...
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