Cell differentiation and infectivity of Leishmania mexicana are inhibited in a strain resistant to an ABC-transporter blocker

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 629-634

  Silva, N ^a   Camacho, N ^a   Figarella, K ^a   Ponte Sucre, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cell survival; Drug resistance; Infectivity; Leishmania mexicana

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIBENCLAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLYBURIDE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2942731870     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005098     Document Type: Article

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