Formation of extrachromosomal circular amplicons with direct or inverted duplications in drug-resistant Leishmania tarentolae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3587-3595

  Grondin, Katherine ^a   Roy, Gaétan ^a   Ouellette, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TARGETING; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029975465     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3587     Document Type: Article

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