Mechanisms of surface antigenic variation in the human pathogenic fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii
E. Schmid-Siegert, S. Richard, A. Luraschi, K. Muehlethaler, M. Pagni, P. Hauser
This study identifies mechanisms of surface antigenic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii using long-read sequencing and PCR, revealing gene family diversification and telomere-linked recombination.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2017Microbiology