Stimulated transport of adenosine, guanosine and hypoxanthine in Crithidia luciliae: Metabolic machinery in which the parasite has a distinct advantage over the host

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-249

  Gero, Annette M ^a   Day, Rachel E ^a   Hall, Simone T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

3'nucleotidase nuclease (3'NTase, EC 3.1.3.6); Crithidia luciliae; metabolism; nucleoside transport; regulation by purines

Indexed keywords

3' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE; GUANOSINE; HYPOXANTHINE; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITHIDIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE; AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRITHIDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GUANOSINE; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDASES; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS;

CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA LUCILIAE; INSECTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031080037     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00153-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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