The polymorphic telomeres of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

Antigenic Variation in Lyme Disease Borreliae by Promiscuous Recombination of VMP-like Sequence Cassettes

1997 • 679 citations

A VSG Expression Site–Associated Gene Confers Resistance to Human Serum in Trypanosoma rhodesiense

1998 • 357 citations

Transposition of structural genes to an expression sequence on a linear plasmid causes antigenic variation in the bacterium Borrelia hermsii

1985 • 246 citations

The anatomy and transcription of a telomeric expression site for variant-specific surface antigens in T. brucei

1987 • 218 citations

Differential RNA elongation controls the variant surface glycoprotein gene expression sites of Trypanosoma brucei

2000 • 148 citations

The role of transferrin-receptor variation in the host range of Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 148 citations

A ribosomal DNA promoter replacing the promoter of a telomeric VSG gene expression site can be efficiently switched on and off in T. brucei

1995 • 145 citations

A developmentally regulated position effect at a telomeric locus in Trypanosoma brucei

1995 • 139 citations

Expression and function of surface proteins in Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 136 citations

Multiple mechanisms of immune evasion by African trypanosomes

1998 • 134 citations

Reconstitution of a surface transferrin binding complex in insect form Trypanosoma brucei.

1994 • 126 citations

The molecular karyotype of the megabase chromosomes of Trypanosoma brucei and the assignment of chromosome markers

1998 • 115 citations

Juxtaposition of expressed variable antigen genes with a conserved telomere in the bacterium Borrelia hermsii.

1990 • 115 citations

Control of variant surface glycoprotein gene-expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei

1999 • 109 citations

Regulation of vsg expression site transcription and switching in Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 101 citations

Translocation of surface antigen genes to a unique telomeric expression site in Pneumocystis carinii

1996 • 99 citations

Architectural organization in the interphase nucleus of the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei: location of telomeres and mini-chromosomes.

1990 • 96 citations

Instability of the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense metacyclic variable antigen repertoire

1983 • 90 citations

Control of VSG gene expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 86 citations

Chromosome structure: DNA nucleotide sequence elements of a subset of the minichromosomes of the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei.

1991 • 83 citations

Active late-appearing variable surface antigen genes in Trypanosoma equiperdum are constructed entirely from pseudogenes.

1989 • 82 citations

Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein regulation involves coupled activation/inactivation and chromatin remodeling of expression sites

1999 • 80 citations

Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP-1/var genes suggests that recombination rearranges constrained sequences

1999 • 79 citations

A monocistronic transcript for a trypanosome variant surface glycoprotein.

1994 • 76 citations

Subnuclear localization of the active variant surface glycoprotein gene expression site in Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 74 citations

VSG gene control and infectivity strategy of metacyclic stage Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 74 citations

Transcription of ‘inactive’ expression sites in African trypanosomes leads to expression of multiple transferrin receptor RNAs in bloodstream forms

1999 • 70 citations

Changing the end: antigenic variation orchestrated at the telomeres of African trypanosomes

1998 • 67 citations

Antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum: mechanisms and consequences

1999 • 58 citations

Unique Telomeric Expression Site of Major-Surface-Glycoprotein Genes of Pneumocystis carinii

1996 • 55 citations

Selection for activation of a new variant surface glycoprotein gene expression site in Trypanosoma brucei can result in deletion of the old one

1998 • 54 citations

Families of adenylate cyclase genes in Trypanosoma brucei

1996 • 51 citations

Metacyclic Variant Surface Glycoprotein Genes of Trypanosoma brucei Subsp. rhodesiense Are Activated In Situ, and Their Expression Is Transcriptionally Regulated

1986 • 43 citations

Frequent Loss of the Active Site during Variant Surface Glycoprotein Expression Site Switching In Vitro in Trypanosoma brucei

1998 • 42 citations

Multiple causes of size variation in the diploid megabase chromosomes of African tyrpanosomes.

1999 • 42 citations

Identification of a new expression site-associated gene in the complete 30.5 kb sequence from the AnTat 1.3A variant surface protein gene expression site of Trypanosoma brucei

1993 • 41 citations

A structural and transcription pattern for variant surface glycoprotein gene expression sites used in metacyclic stage Trypanosoma brucei

1999 • 35 citations

Manipulation of the vsg co-transposed region increases expression-site switching in Trypanosoma brucei

1997 • 34 citations

The putative promoter for a metacyclic VSG gene in African trypanosomes

1995 • 28 citations

Targeted disruption of expression site-associated gene-1 in bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei

1996 • 24 citations

A Monocistronic Transcript for a Trypanosome Variant Surface Glycoprotein

1994 • 24 citations

Chromosome Structure: DNA Nucleotide Sequence Elements of a Subset of the Minichromosomes of the Protozoan Trypanosoma brucei

1991 • 21 citations

Genes involved in phenotypic and antigenic variation in African trypanosomes and malaria

1999 • 16 citations