The Leishmania donovani LD1 locus gene ORFG encodes a biopterin transporter (BT1)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-105

  Lemley, Craig ^a   Yan, Shaofeng ^a,b   Dole, Vandana S ^c   Madhubala, Rentala ^c   Cunningham, Mark L ^d   Beverley, Stephen M ^d   Myler, Peter J ^a,b   Stuart, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Gene replacement; Leishmania donovani; Pteridines; Transporter

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOPTERIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032725014     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00132-2     Document Type: Article

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