Structure of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane anchor glycan of a class-2 variant surface glycoprotein from Trypanosoma brucei

Identification, purification and properties of clone-specific glycoprotein antigens constituting the surface coat of<i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>

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Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Moiety That Anchors <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> Variant Surface Glycoprotein to the Membrane

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Glycosyl-sn-1,2-dimyristylphosphatidylinositol is covalently linked to Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein.

Michael A. J. Ferguson, M G Low, George Cross · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1985 · 421 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

Antigenic variation in trypanosomes

Keith Vickerman · Nature · 1978 · 335 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Genetics, Infectious Diseases +12

A structural motif in the variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei

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