Cationic amino acid transporters play key roles in the survival and transmission of apicomplexan parasites

Cationic amino acid transporters play key roles in the survival and transmission of apicomplexan parasites

Apicomplexans are parasites that use membrane transporters to scavenge essential nutrients from the host. Here the authors identify and characterize two apicomplexans transporters showing that these are crucial for cationic amino acid uptake, parasite survival and virulence.

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Main Authors: Esther Rajendran, Sanduni V. Hapuarachchi, Catherine M. Miller, Stephen J. Fairweather, Yeping Cai, Nicholas C. Smith, Ian A. Cockburn, Stefan Bröer, Kiaran Kirk, Giel G. van Dooren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14455

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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14455

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