Regulation of the intracellular pH in the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1039-1046

  Fraser L'Hostis, Chantal ^a,b   Defrise Quertain, Fabienne ^a   Coral, Danièle ^a   Deshusses, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCECF; Cytoplasmic pH; pH homeostasis; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

2,7 BIS(CARBOXYETHYL) 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMILORIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PH; CYTOSOL; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; PROTON TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

4,4'-DIISOTHIOCYANOSTILBENE-2,2'-DISULFONIC ACID; AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; CARBONYL CYANIDE P-TRIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CYTOSOL; DIURETICS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NIGERICIN; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; PYRUVIC ACID; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0030763275     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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