Purine nucleobase transport in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei.

Abstract

brucei [2]. However, almost nothing is currently known about nucleobase uptake by the long- slender forms of this species that exist in the mammalian bloodstream, though these bloodstream forms are know to possess two distinct transporters for adenosine, one of which displays high affinity for adenine [3]. In this report, we describe the characterisation of purine nucleobase transport in