Plasmodium falciparum: Gene mutations and amplification of dihydrofolate reductase genes in parasites grown in vitro in presence of pyrimethamine

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-70

  Thaithong, S ^a   Ranford Cartwright, L C ^c   Siripoon, N ^b   Harnyuttanakorn, P ^a   Kanchanakhan, N S ^b   Seugorn, A ^b   Rungsihirunrat, K ^b   Cravo, P V L ^c   Beale, G H ^c  

^a Department of Biology ^*

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034922502     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4618     Document Type: Article

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