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Role of efflux pumps and intracellular thiols in natural antimony resistant isolates of Leishmania donovani.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Rai Smita, Bhaskar, Goel Sudhir K, Nath Dwivedi Upendra, Sundar Shyam, Goyal Neena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In view of the recent upsurge in the phenomenon of therapeutic failure, drug resistance in Leishmania, developed under natural field conditions, has become a great concern yet little understood. Accordingly, the study of determinants of antimony resistance is urgently warranted. Efflux transporters have been reported in Leishmania but their role in clinical resistance is still unknown. The present...
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