Liaisons dangereuses: sexual recombination among pathogenic trypanosomes

Sexual recombination between pathogenic microbes has the potential to mobilise genes for harmful traits into new genetic backgrounds creating new pathogen strains. Since 1986 we have known that genetic exchange can occur in trypanosomes, but we are only now starting to unravel details of the process...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Research in microbiology 2015-07, Vol.166 (6), p.459-466
1. Verfasser:	Gibson, Wendy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Genetic exchange Haploid gamete Human African trypanosomiasis Insect Vectors - parasitology Life cycle Meiosis Phenotype Recombination, Genetic Reproduction - genetics Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma brucei brucei - genetics Trypanosoma brucei brucei - pathogenicity Trypanosoma brucei brucei - physiology Tsetse Flies - parasitology
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