Cellular and molecular biological analyses of nifurtimox resistance in Trypanosoma cruzi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Nozaki, Tomoyoshi ^a,b   Engel, Juan C ^a,c,d   Dvorak, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; KINETOPLAST DNA; NIFURTIMOX;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; EPIMASTIGOTE; KINETOPLAST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NIFURTIMOX; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029680737     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.111     Document Type: Article

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