Plasmodium and Leishmania: The role of mdr genes in mediating drug resistance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Chow, Larry M C ^a,b   Volkman, Sarah K ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Dept Immunol and Infections Dis ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CHLOROQUINE; VINBLASTINE;

GENE ISOLATION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031751905     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4311     Document Type: Article

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