The diamidine diminazene aceturate is a substrate for the high-affinity pentamidine transporter: Implications for the development of high resistance levels in trypanosomes

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Teka, Ibrahim A ^a   Kazibwe, Anne J N ^a,b   El Sabbagh, Nasser ^a   Al Salabi, Mohammed I ^a   Ward, Christopher P ^a   Eze, Anthonius A ^a,c   Munday, Jane C ^a   Mäser, Pascal ^d   Matovu, Enock ^b   Barrett, Michael P ^a   De Koning, Harry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; PENTAMIDINE; PENTAMIDINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIMINAZENE; PENTAMIDINE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 79959313467     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.071555     Document Type: Article

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