Purine stress in Crithidia: Adaptation of a parasite to environmental stress

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 277-281

  Gero, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CRITHIDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORT; PURINE METABOLISM; REVIEW; STRESS;

CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA LUCILIAE; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0032127451     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01267-8     Document Type: Article

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