Surface epitope variation via mosaic gene formation is potential key to long-term survival of Trypanosoma brucei
- 31 July 1992
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
- Vol. 53 (1-2) , 33-44
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-6851(92)90004-4
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