Article
[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...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Animals
- Chloroquine
- Drug Resistance
- Folic Acid Antagonists
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Molecular Biology
- Mutation
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Pyrimethamine
- Triazines
