Topoisomerase II inhibitors induce cleavage of nuclear and 35-kb plastid DNAs in the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1483-1492

  Weissig, Volkmar ^a,b   Vetro Widenhouse, Tamara S ^a   Rowe, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETOPOSIDE; GYRASE INHIBITOR; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031431683     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.1483     Document Type: Article

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