Albendazole resistance in Giardia is correlated with cytoskeletal changes but not with a mutation at amino acid 200 in β-tubulin

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-308

  Upcroft, Jacqueline ^a,b   Mitchell, Roger ^a   Chen, Nanhua ^a   Upcroft, Peter ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CODON; CROSS RESISTANCE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GIARDIA; HELMINTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; GIARDIA; VERMES;

EID: 0029759003     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.303     Document Type: Article

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