Hypoxanthine uptake through a purine-selective nucleobase transporter in Trypanosoma brucei brucei procyclic cells is driven by protonmotive force

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1102-1110

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H+ symporter; Nuclobase transport; Protonmotive force; Protozoan parasite; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ALLOPURINOL; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTIDINE; DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE; DILAZEP; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GRAMICIDIN; GUANINE; GUANOSINE; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE; IONOPHORE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NIGERICIN; NITROBENZYLTHIOINOSINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OXIPURINOL; PAPAVERINE; THYMIDINE; THYMINE; URACIL; URIDINE; XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PH; CELL TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0030849192     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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