Novel alleles of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr that confer resistance to chlorcycloguanil

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Hunt, Sonia Y ^a   Rezvani, Brian B ^a   Sibley, Carol Hopkins ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifolate; Chlorproguanil; Drug resistance; LapDap ; Malaria

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMINO 1,2 DIHYDRO 2,2 DIMETHYL 1 [3 (2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY)PROPOXY] 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; CHLORCYCLOGUANIL; CHLORPROGUANIL PLUS DAPSONE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; GENE PRODUCT; ISOENZYME; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHFR GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOON; RANDOMIZATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIAZINES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 11144343808     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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