Plasmodium falciparum: Amplification and overexpression of pfmdr1 is not necessary for increase mefloquine resistance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-303

  Lim, Amanda S Y ^a   Galatis, Denise ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; CRICETINAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030219812     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0077     Document Type: Article

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