Sulfa drugs strike more than once

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Patel, Onisha G ^a   Mberu, Eddy K ^b   Nzila, Alexis M ^b,c   Macreadie, Ian G ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; DAPSONE; DIHYDROFOLIC ACID; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFADOXINE; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST CELL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0347059409     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.10.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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