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[Contribution of molecular genetics to the understanding of chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum].
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 Jan 1992
Le Bras J, Basco L K, Cremer G, Charmot G
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to pyrimethamine and proguanil is due to a single point mutation in the gene that codes for dihydrofolate reductase. A single mutation gives rise to resistance to only one of the drugs. Resistance to both drugs results from several mutations. Chloroquine resistance phenotype is due to a rapid efflux of the drug from the parasite's digestive vacuole. This efflux is associated with a transmembrane...
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