Antimonial-mediated DNA fragmentation in Leishmania infantum amastigotes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2064-2069

  Sereno, D ^a   Holzmuller, P ^a   Mangot, I ^a   Cuny, G ^a   Ouaissi, A ^a   Lemesre, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ANTIMONY TARTRATE; CALPAIN; CASPASE 3; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NUCLEASE; PROTEASOME; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMASTIGOTE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0034950111     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.7.2064-2069.2001     Document Type: Article

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