Table 3

Percentage identities between the N-terminal domains of six triplets of VSGs used to analyse the location of sequence divergence in the primary and tertiary structure


identity (%)


Tororo VSG
 NTD type
 Tororo v 927
 Tororo v Tbg
 927 v Tbg
 average
Buteba 3
 B
 84
 92
 82
 86
Ako 2
 B
 79
 79
 87
 82
Mul 4
 B
 80
 82
 79
 80
Ako 1
 B
 73
 84
 71
 76
Buw 1
 B
 80
 69
 78
 76
Buteba 4
 A
 61
 74
 68
 68
average
 76
 80
 78
 78

Hutchinson et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:234   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-234