The acquisition of purines by Trypanosomatids

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 231-235

  Cohn, Claudia C ^a,c   Gottlieb, Michael ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRITHIDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PURINE METABOLISM; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030906370     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01059-4     Document Type: Article

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