Polyamine synthesis and salvage pathways in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 579-584

  Ramya, T N C ^a   Surolia, Namita ^b   Surolia, Avadhesha ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Plasmodium falciparum; Polyamine biosynthesis; Polyamine transport; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE;

AMINE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33746865900     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.127     Document Type: Article

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