Chemical synthesis of the Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase gene

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-106

  Prapunwattana, Phisit ^a,c   Sirawaraporn, Worachart ^a   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^a,d   Santi, Daniel V ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

dihydrofolate reductase; mutagenesis; Plasmodium falciparum; synthetic gene; thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PYRIMETHAMINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, SYNTHETIC; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0030566758     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02756-9     Document Type: Article

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