Transposon mutagenesis of Trypanosoma brucei identifies glycosylation mutants resistant to concanavalin A.

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Published in J Biol Chem on April 29, 2004

Authors

Simone Leal1, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, James Morris, George A M Cross

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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