Modification of kinetoplast DNA minicircle composition in pentamidine-resistant Leishmania

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-61

  Basselin, Mireille ^a,b   Badet Denisot, Marie Ange ^a   Robert Gero, Malka ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Minicircle; Pentamidine; Resistance

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); KINETOPLAST DNA; PENTAMIDINE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PENTAMIDINE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0032526086     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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