Developmental regulation of proline transport in Leishmania donovani

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-348

  Mazareb, Salam ^a   Fu, Zhung Yuan ^a   Zilberstein, Dan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION; PROLINE;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0344500607     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4391     Document Type: Article

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