Mutation rates in the dihydrofolate reductase gene of Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 497-505

  Paget Mcnicol, S ^a,c   Saul, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate reductase; Malaria; Mathematical modelling; Mutation rate; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; LEUCINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CODON; LEUCINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PYRIMETHAMINE; SERINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035005106     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007739     Document Type: Article

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