Amplification of the ABC transporter gene PGPA and increased trypanothione levels in potassium antimonyl tartrate (SbIII) resistant Leishmania tarentolae

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-135

  Haimeur, Anass ^a   Brochu, Christian ^a   Genest, Paul André ^a   Papadopoulou, Barbara ^a   Ouellette, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimony; Drug resistance; Gene amplification; Leishmania; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY TARTRATE; TRYPANOTHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG STABILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY POTASSIUM TARTRATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ARSENITES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUTATHIONE; LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPERMIDINE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE;

EID: 0034732687     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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