Functional expression and characterization of a purine nucleobase transporter gene from Leishmania major

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-18

  Sanchez, Marco A ^a   Tryon, Rob ^a   Pierce, Steven ^a   Vasudevan, Gayatri ^a   Landfear, Scott M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetoplastida; Leishmania; Nucleobase transporter; Purines

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; GUANINE; HYPOXANTHINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; PERMEASE; PROTEIN LDNT1.1; PROTEIN LMANT3; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PURINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA CF. MAJOR; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1642542400     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968768031000140845     Document Type: Article

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