Tritrichomonas foetus: Iron acquisition from lactoferrin and transferrin

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-228

  Tachezy, Jan ^a   Kulda, Jaroslav ^a   Bahníková, Ivana ^a   Suchan, Pavel ^a   Rázga, Jakub ^a   Schrével, Joseph ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

endocytosis; lactoferrin and transferrin dependent iron uptake; lactoferrin specific receptors; Protozoa; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENASE; IODINE 125; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERNALIZATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0030198834     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0068     Document Type: Article

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