title: An unusually small gene encoding a putative mucin-like glycoprotein in Trypanosoma cruzi.
abstract: The gene encoding a putative core protein of a mucin-like glycoprotein was identified in Trypanosoma cruzi. It contains five repeats of eleven amino acids each, eight of which are Thr and two of which are Pro residues. These Thr-Pro-rich repeats resemble the ones in the human MUC2 gene encoding mucin.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas Fundación Campomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pollevick
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Frasch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009077:Mucins / Q000235:genetics*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D009077:Mucins