Plasmodium falciparum: Direct cloning and expression of pyrimethamine-sensitive and pyrimethamine-resistant dihydrofolate reductase domains

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-305

  Hekmat Nejad, Mohammad ^a   Lee, Pei Chieh ^a   Rathod, Pradipsinh K ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031106426     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4145     Document Type: Article

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