The major diagnostic VSG LiTat 1.3 of the human parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a trimer in solution
N. Danel, Rob Geens, Israel Mares‐Mejía, Wim Versées, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Yann G.‐J. Sterckx
The paper shows that LiTat 1.3, a key VSG for diagnosing T. b. gambiense, forms homotrimers in solution, not homodimers, using structural and biophysical methods.
PLoS Pathogens · Aug 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology