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A Trk/HKT-type K+ transporter from Trypanosoma brucei.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Apr 2010
Mosimann Marc, Goshima Shinobu, Wenzler Tanja, Lüscher Alexandra, Uozumi Nobuyuki, Mäser Pascal
Abstract excerpt
The molecular mechanisms of K(+) homeostasis are only poorly understood for protozoan parasites. Trypanosoma brucei subsp. parasites, the causative agents of human sleeping sickness and nagana, are strictly extracellular and need to actively concentrate K(+) from their hosts' body fluids. The T....
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