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    The Hypervariable Tpr Multigene Family of Theileria Parasites, Defined by a Conserved, Membrane-Associated, C-Terminal Domain, Includes Several Copies with Defined Orthology Between Species

    Multigene families often play an important role in host-parasite interactions. One of the largest multigene families in Theileria parva, the causative agent of East Coast fever, is the T. parva repeat (Tpr) gene ...

    Nicholas C. Palmateer, James B. Munro, Sushma Nagaraj in Journal of Molecular Evolution (2023)

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    Re-annotation of the Theileria parva genome refines 53% of the proteome and uncovers essential components of N-glycosylation, a conserved pathway in many organisms

    The apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva causes a livestock disease called East coast fever (ECF), with millions of animals at risk in sub-Saharan East and Southern Africa, the geographic distribution of T. parv...

    Kyle Tretina, Roger Pelle, Joshua Orvis, Hanzel T. Gotia, Olukemi O. Ifeonu in BMC Genomics (2020)