Purine and pyrimidine transport in pathogenic protozoa: From biology to therapy

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 987-1020

  De Koning, Harry P ^a   Bridges, Daniel J ^a   Burchmore, Richard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Nucleobase transporter; Nucleoside transporter; Pathogenic protozoa; Purine salvage; Transporter structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; HYPOXANTHINE; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORTER; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; PURINE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PYRIMIDINE;

BIOLOGY; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; HUMANS; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 23944513862     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2005.03.004     Document Type: Review

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