pfmdr1 mutations associated with chloroquine resistance incur a fitness cost in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1285-1295

  Hayward, Rhys ^a   Saliba, Kevin J ^a   Kirk, Kiaran ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PFMDR1 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROQUINE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 14544293532     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04470.x     Document Type: Article

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