Telomere exchange can be an important mechanism of variant surface glycoprotein gene switching in Trypanosoma brucei.

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• Publication year

  1996

• Venue

  Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print)

• Publication date

  1996-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02669-2PMID 8885223
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