pfcrt Allelic Types with Two Novel Amino Acid Mutations in Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from the Philippines

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3500-3505

  Chen, Nanhua ^a   Kyle, Dennis E ^a,c   Pasay, Cielo ^b,d   Fowler, Elizabeth V ^b   Baker, Joanne ^a   Peters, Jennifer M ^b   Cheng, Qin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLOROQUINE; DEETHYLCHLOROQUINE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PFCRT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIZATION; EVOLUTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IC 50; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHLOROQUINE; CODON; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHILIPPINES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0242290995     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.11.3500-3505.2003     Document Type: Article

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