Molecular pharmacology of adenosine transport in Trypanosoma brucei: P1/P2 revisited

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 589-595

  Geiser, Federico ^a   Lüscher, Alexandra ^a   De Koning, Harry P ^a,b   Seebeck, Thomas ^a   Mäser, Pascal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Cell Biology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CORDYCEPIN; DIMINAZENE; FLAVONE; FORMYCIN; FORMYCIN B; INOSINE; MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SILIBININ; TUBERCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 23944454184     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.104.010298     Document Type: Article

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