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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In the Trypanosoma brucei species, T. b. rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense represent the human infective host range variants, while T. b. brucei is lysed upon exposure to a cytotoxic factor in normal human serum. T. b. rhodesiense can occur in a serum-resistant and a serum-sensitive form. The resistance towards normal human serum was shown to be a labile character and to be determined by the environment in which the parasites live. We have clearly demonstrated the presence of RNA transcripts unique to the resistant forms of T. b. rhodesiense. These transcripts encode a protein with VSG characteristics. The DNA fragment isolated previously, which hybridises with the resistance-specific mRNA sequence, appears to be a pseudogene belonging to the same gene family.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0166-6851
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Blood, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-DNA, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Genes, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Pseudogenes, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, pubmed-meshheading:7739673-Variant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The serum resistance-associated (SRA) gene of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense encodes a variant surface glycoprotein-like protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituut voor Moleculaire Biologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't