Regulatory volume decrease in Trypanosoma cruzi involves amino acid efflux and changes in intracellular calcium

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-230

  Rohloff, Peter ^a   Rodrigues, Claudia O ^a   Docampo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidocalcisome; Calcium; Regulatory volume decrease; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATION; FURA 2; LYSINE; MANGANESE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037327459     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00277-3     Document Type: Article

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