Gene amplification in Leishmania tarentolae selected for resistance to sodium stibogluconate

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1689-1694

  Haimeur, Anass ^b   Ouellette, Marc ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; LEISHMANIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031861799     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.7.1689     Document Type: Article

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