A variant surface glycoprotein of Trypanosoma brucei synthesized with a C-terminal hydrophobic 'tail' absent from purified glycoprotein.

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Published in Nature on December 11, 1980

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J C Boothroyd, G A Cross, J H Hoeijmakers, P Borst

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