Selection against the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (DHFR-TS) locus as a probe of genetic alterations in Leishmania major

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5655-5663

  Gueiros Filho, Frederico J ^a   Beverley, Stephen M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; NITROSOGUANIDINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0029831106     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5655     Document Type: Article

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