Altered transport properties of pentamidine-resistant Leishmania donovani and L. amazonensis promastigotes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-418

  Basselin, Mireille ^a   Lawrence, Françoise ^a   Robert Gero, Malka ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; POLYAMINE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG TRANSPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NUCLEOSIDES; PENTAMIDINE; POLYAMINES;

EID: 0030953686     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050274     Document Type: Review

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