8b3b | pdb_00008b3b
From Proteopedia
Structure of metacyclic VSG (mVSG) 531 from Trypanosoma brucei
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Structural highlights
FunctionM4SYA9_9TRYP VSG forms a coat on the surface of the parasite. The trypanosome evades the immune response of the host by expressing a series of antigenically distinct VSGs from an estimated 1000 VSG genes.[ARBA:ARBA00002523] Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||
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