Mapping of the Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance gene 5′-upstream region, and evidence of induction of transcript levels by antimalarial drugs in chloroquine sensitive parasites

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 671-683

  Myrick, Alissa ^a   Munasinghe, Anusha ^a   Patankar, Swati ^a   Wirth, Dyann F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PFMDR1 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROQUINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MDR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MEFLOQUINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042665904     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03597.x     Document Type: Article

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