Sequence polymorphisms in the Pneumocystis carinii cytochrome b gene and their association with atovaquone prophylaxis failure

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1767-1775

  Walker, Daniel J ^b   Wakefield, Ann E ^b   Dohn, Michael N ^b   Miller, Robert F ^b   Baughman, Robert P ^b   Hossler, Paul A ^b   Bartlett, Marilyn S ^b   Smith, James W ^b   Kazanjian, Powel ^b   Meshnick, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME BINDING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ATOVAQUONE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 17344362633     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314509     Document Type: Article

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