Antimycin A resistance in a mutant Leishmania tarentolae strain is correlated to a point mutation in the mitochondrial apocytochrome b gene

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 234-241

  Schnaufer, Achim ^a,b   Sbicego, Sandro ^a,c   Blum, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocytochrome b; Drug resistance; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMYCIN A1; CYTOCHROME C; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0034049451     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050525     Document Type: Article

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