Plasmodium falciparum: Asparagine mutant at residue 108 of dihydrofolate reductase is an optimal antifolate-resistant single mutant

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Sirawaraporn, Worachart ^a   Yongkiettrakul, Suganya ^a,c   Sirawaraporn, Rachada ^a   Yuthavong, Yongyuth ^a,c   Santi, Daniel V ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CYCLOGUANIL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031282471     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4221     Document Type: Article

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