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VSGdb: a database for trypanosome variant surface glycoproteins, a large and diverse family of coiled coil proteins

BACKGROUND: Trypanosomes are coated with a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) that is so densely packed that it physically protects underlying proteins from effectors of the host immune system. Periodically cells expressing a distinct VSG arise in a population and thereby evade immunity. The main st...

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Autores principales: Marcello, Lucio, Menon, Suraj, Ward, Pauline, Wilkes, Jonathan M, Jones, Nicola G, Carrington, Mark, Barry, J David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1868767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17474977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-8-143