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IPR025932

Trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein, B-type, N-terminal domain

InterPro entry
Short nameTrypano_VSG_B_N_dom

Description

This entry represents the N-terminal of B-type variant surface glycoproteins (VSG) from trypanosomal parasites.

VSG forms a coat on the surface of the parasite. The trypanosome evades the immune response of the host by expressing a series of antigenically distinct VSGs from an estimated 1000 VSG genes
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References

1.Sequences of three VSG mRNAs expressed in a mixed population of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Reddy LV, Hall T, Donelson JE. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 169, 730-6, (1990). View articlePMID: 2357229

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