Purine uptake in Plasmodium: transport versus metabolism

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 246-249

  Kirk, Kiaran ^a   Howitt, Susan M ^a   Bröer, Stefan ^a   Saliba, Kevin J ^a,b   Downie, Megan J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; THYMIDINE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PURINES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 66049162097     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.03.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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