Trypanosoma brucei: A survey of pyrimidine transport activities

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-125

  Gudin, Simon ^a   Quashie, Neils B ^a   Candlish, Denise ^a   Al Salabi, Mohammed I ^a   Jarvis, Simon M ^b   Ranford Cartwright, Lisa C ^a   de Koning, Harry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Cytosine transporter; Pyrimidine salvage; Uracil transporter; Uridine transporter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CYTIDINE; CYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; PYRIMIDINE; THYMIDINE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; URACIL TRANSPORTER; URIDINE; URIDINE TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTIDINE; CYTOSINE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMIDINE; THYMINE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; URIDINE;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 33748570092     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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