In vitro analyses of the effect of aromatic diamidines upon Trypanosoma cruzi

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-750

  Daliry, Anissa ^a   Da Silva, Patrícia B ^a   Da Silva, Cristiane F ^a   Batista, Marcos Meuser ^a   De Castro, Solange L ^a   Tidwell, Richard R ^b   Soeiro, Maria de Nazaré C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Chemotherapy; Intracellular localization; kDNA

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; AROMATIC DIAMIDINE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; KINETOPLAST DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLORIMETRY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 70349459376     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp290     Document Type: Article

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