SPRM1lc, a heterodimeric amino acid permease light chain of the human parasitic platyhelminth, Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 569-576

  Skelly, P J ^a   Pfeiffer, R ^b   Verrey, F ^b   Shoemaker, C B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amino acid permease transporter; Nutrient uptake; Schistosome; Tegument

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; PERMEASE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BIOTINYLATION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPODOPTERA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032746242     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005181     Document Type: Article

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