Purine nucleobase transport in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei is mediated by two novel transporters

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-258

  De Koning, Harry P ^a   Jarvis, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoxanthine; Nucleobase uptake; Protonmotive force; Purine transporter; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PURINE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANOSINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOXANTHINE; IONOPHORES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0030767791     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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