Analysis of the Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase gene sequence

Gene

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Eldin De Pécoulas, Philippe ^a   Basco, Leonardo K ^a   Tahar, Rachida ^a   Ouatas, Taoufik ^a   Mazabraud, André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Point mutations; Pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; PYRIMETHAMINE; SERINE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DATA BASE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; START CODON; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLIC ACID; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMETHAMINE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344157344     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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