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The dual role of the 16mer motif within the 3' untranslated region of the variant surface glycoprotein of Trypanosoma brucei
M. Bakari-Soale, C. Batram, H. Zimmermann…·M. Engstler
This study investigates the dual role of a conserved 16mer motif in the 3' UTR of Trypanosoma brucei VSG genes, showing it is essential for transcript stability but not required for VSG silencing or differentiation.
DOI 10.1101/2023.12.21.572740