Stimulated transport of hypoxanthine in Crithidia luciliae: Relationship to purine stress

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Day, R E ^a   Gero, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crithidia luciliae; hypoxanthine; hypoxanthine transporter; purine depletion; transport

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; STRESS;

CRITHIDIA LUCILIAE;

EID: 0031018089     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209600827X     Document Type: Article

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