Identification and characterisation of high affinity nucleoside and nucleobase transporters in Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 821-831

  De Koning, Harry P ^a   Al Salabi, Mohammed I ^a   Cohen, Adrian M ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^a   Wastling, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan; Nucleobase transporter; Nucleoside transporter; Purine salvage; Pyrimidine uptake; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GUANINE; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE; THYMIDINE; URIDINE; XANTHINE;

PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037629329     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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