Stage-specific development of a novel adenosine transporter in Leishmania donovani amastigotes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-99

  Ghosh, Moumita ^a   Mukherjee, Tanmoy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adenosine transporter; Amastigote; Leishmania donovani; Promastigote; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; FLAGELLATE; HAMSTER; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PURINE NUCLEOSIDES; VIRULENCE;

CRICETINAE; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034732681     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00208-5     Document Type: Article

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