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DNA breaks as triggers for antigenic variation in African trypanosomes
The DNA repair machinery has been co-opted for antigenic variation in African trypanosomes. New work directly demonstrates that a double-strand break initiates a switch in the expressed variant surface coat.
Autores principales: | Alsford, Sam, Horn, David, Glover, Lucy |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2718488/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19519956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-6-223 |
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