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This chapter describes the unique features of kinetoplastid molecular and cellular biology. Various adaptations, including antigenic variation and intracellular invasion, allow the parasites to survive in different environments within mammalian and arthropod hosts. Some molecular features are so unique that they allow kinetoplastids to serve as biological model systems.
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Clayton, C. (2016). Trypanosoma . In: Walochnik, J., Duchêne, M. (eds) Molecular Parasitology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1416-2_6
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