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BioMed Central, Genome Biology, 6(10), p. 223

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-6-223

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DNA breaks as triggers for antigenic variation in African trypanosomes

Journal article published in 2009 by Sam Alsford, David Horn ORCID, Lucy Glover ORCID
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Abstract

Abstract 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.