Telomeric gene deletion and intrachromosomal amplification in antimony-resistant Leishmania

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-202

  Mukherjee, Angana ^a,c   Boisvert, Sébastien ^a   Monte Neto, Rubens Lima do ^a   Coelho, Adriano C ^a   Raymond, Frederic ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Rita ^b   Corbeil, Jacques ^a   Ouellette, Marc ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AQP1 GENE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 31; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LMJF GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TELOMERE;

ANTIMONY; AQUAPORIN 1; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LOCI; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEISHMANIA; PHENOTYPE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERE;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 84875631272     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12178     Document Type: Article

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