Molecular and functional characterization of a spermidine transporter (TcPAT12) from Trypanosoma cruzi

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 344, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 936-940

  Carrillo, Carolina ^a   Canepa, Gaspar E ^b   Algranati, Israel D ^a   Pereira, Claudio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arginine; Chagas' disease; Permease; Polyamines; Putrescine; Spermidine; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPERMIDINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33646484364     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.215     Document Type: Article

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