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Abstract
The genomes of several tsetse-transmitted African trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei brucei, T. b. gambiense, T. vivax, T. congolense) have been sequenced and are available to search online. The trypanosome strains chosen for the genome sequencing projects were selected because they had been well characterised in the laboratory, but all were isolated several decades ago. The purpose of this short review is to provide some background information on the origins and biological characterisation of these strains as a source of reference for future users of the genome data. With high throughput sequencing of many more trypanosome genomes in prospect, it is important to understand the phylogenetic relationships of the genome strains.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22483376 PMCID: PMC3361472 DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-71
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasit Vectors ISSN: 1756-3305 Impact factor: 3.876