A novel high-affinity arginine transporter from the human parasitic protozoan Leishmania donovani

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-38

  Shaked Mishan, Pninit ^a,c   Suter Grotemeyer, Marianne ^b   Yoel Almagor, Tamar ^a   Holland, Neta ^a   Zilberstein, Dan ^a   Rentsch, Doris ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HOMOARGININE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PENTAMIDINE; PERMEASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33644846600     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05060.x     Document Type: Article

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