Malaria parasite type 4 equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENT4) are purine transporters with distinct substrate specificity

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 446, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-190

  Frame, I J ^a   Merino, Emilio F ^b   Schramm, Vern L ^a   Cassera, María B ^b   Akabas, Myles H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenine; Adenosine; Equilibrative nucloside transporter 4 (ENT4); Immucillin; Plasmodium; Purine transporter

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CYTOKININ; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 4; HYPOXANTHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT GENOME; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOKININS; DEOXYADENOSINES; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; OOCYTES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84865195652     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20112220     Document Type: Article

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