Biochemical characterization of serine transport in Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-113

  dos Santos, Marcos Gonzaga ^a   Paes, Lisvane Silva ^a   Zampieri, Ricardo Andrade ^a   da Silva, Maria Fernanda Laranjeira ^a   Silber, Ariel Mariano ^a   Floeter Winter, Lucile Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Macrophage invasion; Phosphatidylserine; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; ETHANOLAMINE; GLYCINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA; SERINE;

HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 57849137296     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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