Adaptin evolution in kinetoplastids and emergence of the variant surface glycoprotein coat in African trypanosomatids

The kinetoplastids are an important group of protozoa from the Excavata supergroup, and cause numerous diseases with wide environmental, economic and ecological impact. Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis, expresses a dense variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat...

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Main Authors: Manna, Paul T., Kelly, Steven, Field, Mark C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3650584/